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Old 07-02-2008, 12:46 PM
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Default Re: Google Now Spiders Flash!

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Ok I'm pretty sure that is supposed to be humorous...
Did you even go to that site? Seriously, (http://www.crumplerbags.com/) that has to be the worst site on the WWW.
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And flash is one of the most useful programs on the web! Virtually all widgets are made in flash. I've seen a wordprocessor made in flash, and image editing alternative to photoshop in flash, virtually all web video is embedded using (drum-roll) ...FLASH! So Mister "Flash rarely adds anything useful" why don't you go write some html or something.
So the fact that a JavaScript based word processor loads 100x faster you'd still rather use Flash? I'm not talking about video. I'm talking about things like navigation or actual content. I'm not talking about writing unique programs in flash, I'm talking about using it to make annoying ads that yell at you. I'm talking about using it where XHTML and a little Javascript can do the same thing. Flash is over hyped by many for sure.

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Last statistic I heard was 98% of computers use flash, I read it here:
World Wide Web - Adobe Joins with Google, Yahoo to Search Flash Files

I'm about to just give up on arguing this, some of you have made up so many excuses to yourself and your clients why Flash is a miserable failure and will never amount to anything, you'll never come out of your fantasy land. When in realty it's hard to find a professional website for a major national/international company that doesn't use flash in some form or fashion.


I didn't say people didn't have it installed, I said they surf with it disabled...because of retarded flash ads that yell at you. I don't believe its a failure. I believe its abused and used in places where it shouldn't be. When flash meets my clients needs in a way that nothing else will, then I will use flash. If I had a client that wants a streaming audio or video application, the first place I would start is flash. If I had a client that wanted some really sweet graphics I would start with Jquery, CSS and XHTML.
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