Using Flash
Advantages
- basic animations for your website
- interactive "games" can be created using flash
- often used in banner design to improve click through rate and grab attention
- attracts the attention of the eye
- can incorporate a mini presentation into your website
Disadvantages
- increase in file size of the page
- can cause slow loading times on your website (slow connection user won't hang around and wait)
- some users may not wish to install Flash onto their computer
- more difficult to optimize flash pages for search engines
- not as easy to edit as other more commonly used formats
Customizable Flash Website Templates, Splash Pages and Photo Galleries are also available.
You might also be interested in our Flash Tutorial.
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