* Jason Dixon <jason@dixongroup.net> [2008-07-17 00:54:15]:

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> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 06:59:44PM -0700, Jason LaRiviere wrote:
> >
> > Flash has a place on the web, just like any other rich media format. It 
> > should be used responsibly, as semantically as possible, and degrade 
> > nicely for those who care not to use it. I make every effort to use it 
> > within these guidelines, and present them as gospel to my clients. Many 
> > (most?) modern web developers do too, except for the ones at a Flex 
> > conference who still think drawing entire websites in Flash is a good 
> > idea. Shame on them, but they are a dying breed.
> 
> Flash has one huge technical benefit.  There are a number of sites that
> generate large amounts of dynamic images.  Doing this in a fast and
> efficient manner requires an enormous amount of computing resources.
> Using flash pushes that work out to the client where it can be rendered
> on their own system.
> 
> -- 
> Jason Dixon
> DixonGroup Consulting
> http://www.dixongroup.net/
> 

What sort of websites are those?  no wonder I have not seen them--no
flash!

Even if you could deliver something meaningful with flash, the
bandwidth and CPU time wasted when plain HTML would do is nothing
short of a crime in my book.

My friends keep sending me youtube videos but I tired of their
inanity (mostly the videos) and don't watch them anymore.  I can't
remember the last time that flash improved my computing experience.

Finally, I hate to rattle the paranoia sabre...  but flash is just
another way into a box on an increasingly hostile web.

-- 
Travers Buda