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Stuart · 03-11-2004, 19:32

Sure, Flash does have it's uses. For instance, at work, we have bough Flash Communications Server (a server which enables Flash Player to carry live video/audio streams). We are currently using flash to provide a Video Conferencing system with whiteboard. I know there are other products that can do this, but the advantage of Flash is that it doesn't require the viewer to have any other software apart from Flash Player (which is probably on their system anyway).

Admittedly the people we communicate with generally have some sort of high capacity link to the net.

I do think, however, that if somebody designs a site using Flash (or using any kind of plug in) they should provide a "lite" version of the site with some text, and maybe some Jpegs.

When I did my degree, we had a unit teaching "Human Computer Interaction" (basically interface design). The one thing they kept drumming in to us is to keep interfaces simple and uncluttered. If people see a cluttered interface, they are more likely to just give up..

The same (IMO) applies to websites (after all, they have what could be called a User Interface).

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Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	Re: Flash movies on websites Sure, Flash does have it's uses. For instance, at work, we have bough Flash Communications Server (a server which enables Flash Player to carry live video/audio streams). We are currently using flash to provide a Video Conferencing system with whiteboard. I know there are other products that can do this, but the advantage of Flash is that it doesn't require the viewer to have any other software apart from Flash Player (which is probably on their system anyway). Admittedly the people we communicate with generally have some sort of high capacity link to the net. I do think, however, that if somebody designs a site using Flash (or using any kind of plug in) they should provide a "lite" version of the site with some text, and maybe some Jpegs. When I did my degree, we had a unit teaching "Human Computer Interaction" (basically interface design). The one thing they kept drumming in to us is to keep interfaces simple and uncluttered. If people see a cluttered interface, they are more likely to just give up.. The same (IMO) applies to websites (after all, they have what could be called a User Interface).