Use of Flash - Freelance Forum

mtajim · 03-19-2007, 12:36 AM

Do u think people will use Flash , when Ajax becomes widespread, because with a misture of good design a ajax based site an do most things like flash and its too low on bandwisth too.

aquariancore · 03-19-2007, 05:35 PM

I think a mix is good.

SageMother · 03-21-2007, 03:36 PM

I am not familiar with Ajax but if it doesn't slow sites down for people who are still using dial up, it should push flash aside in popularity.

mtajim · 03-21-2007, 11:51 PM

Yes , AJAX has become a boon for people who use Dial up , it helps to load pages as fast as possible without even loading full page

aquariancore · 03-22-2007, 06:16 PM

The misconception of using flash elements is that they are slow loading. This is no longer necessarily true. A good flash designer can optimize well enough to appease everyone.

mtajim · 03-23-2007, 02:01 AM

But still Flash will have problem on dial up connnection , still majaority of people in many parts of world use it

the-glyphon · 03-23-2007, 11:57 AM

15-20% of my users are on dial-up, as am I. In rural areas it is still often the only choice. In my experience flash is still a problem for many of them to the extent I would certainly not have it as an obligatory part of the design. A splash page without and opt put text link that comes up first will almost always be an immediate put off for me.

That said, I think flash will be the bigger player for some time to come. It just isn't something I like. I think a lot of users mistake low download people for being obviously outside of their demographic--meanwhile the keep using badly designed obligatory flash elements. Very irritating. Some very high tech people are stuck in backwater areas.