Flash Web Design
What is Flash?
Flash is based on a file format called Shockwave. Shockwave files will play in a web browser if the browser has the Flash plug-in. Almost all browsers from version 3 onwards have this plug-in therefore almost all users can see a Flash movie running within a web page. Although Flash movies can run as a standalone exec file, they are often embedded within HTML pages. A movie can cover the whole web page or only a small part alongside normal HTML output.We can provide you with an embedded Flash movie, like the examples below, to your specification for only £49.
What can Flash do?
A Flash movie can provide animation, sound and interactivity to a page. Text and graphic animation is possible with slide, zoom and fade effects. Movies can play in a linear fashion or can be directed to different scenes depending on a user's mouse movements.If movement is required in a web page, GIF files can be animated but there is a drawback. Since each frame of animation requires a separate image, the resulting file size needs to be very large and this slows download. With Flash, the animation is created in real time so very small file sizes are possible. With spectacular animation and interaction Flash is a clear winner over animated GIFs.
Are there any drawbacks to using Flash in a web page?
If Flash is used as a means to add movement and interest to a web page by embedding small movies instead of perhaps using animated GIFs, then Flash has no real drawbacks and has the advantage of very fast download. However, if Flash is used for site navigation links, for example, then there can be drawbacks.The obvious one is that if a user's browser can't display Flash then the user won't see the links to other pages on the site - although this might not be considered so problematic since almost all browsers can display Flash.
Another difficulty can arise with search engines. Most search engine spiders 'crawl' a web site by using the site links to move from one page to the next, indexing each page as they go. If site links are within a Flash movie they will be invisible to a search engine spider and the spider will crawl no further than the opening page. However, page links can be duplicated on another part of the page as HTML links in order to overcome this problem.
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