While I firmly believe Macromedia Flash has its place, it generally has no
place on Intranets. Leading usability expert Jakob
Nielsen believes Flash is 99% bad and I believe Jakob is 100% right, but 50%
wrong and I discussed this issue in depth in my article Jakob
Nielsen, Darwebinism, Dog Shows and Web Design. Flash is perfect for Web sites
where there is no accountability -- movie and music sites and Web design firms'
sites. If I've said it once, I've said it a dozen times and I'll continue to say
it -- the goal of Intranets is to dispense information and Flash just isn't an
appropriate tool.
Just as designers create non-functional pages, it's even easier to create non-functional
Flash pages. Too many designers fail to write code to check if the Flash plug-in
is supported by a visitor's browser. Hey, in the example above, I didn't check.
Hope you can see it!
If Flash is so bad, why is there a movement to use it on Intranets? Quite simple.
Folks designing sites are bored because being an HTML jockey and creating Intranets
is hard, unexciting work. Flash is also a resume builder and good Flash designers
are in high demand and can make a lot of money.
The creator of the award-winning site Web Pages That Suck and co-author of
the book of the same name, lists the top 10 mistakes he's found while
consulting for Fortune 1000 corporations. Hint: the image is one of them.
To contact Vincent with topics you'd like to see covered in the Intranet Design Guru Column or for any other
reason: vincent@flandersenterprises.com
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