On Sep 3, 7:44 am, Mark Goodge <use...@listmail.good-stuff.co.uk>
wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:22:57 -0000, TimeTraveller put finger to
> keyboard and typed:
>
> >okay, I did a bit of research on my own, and found this page that
> >explains the difference between flash and shockwave.
>
> >http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/view...Id=tn_13971&sl...
>
> >It seems Flash is supposed to be "ubiquitous" - so it should be safe
> >to use, right?
>
> No. That's just marketing guff. Flash should *not* be used for primary
> navigation.
>
> >Which means I'm losing hits hopefully just because it was the last few
> >weeks of summer vacation.....
>
> >Again, sorry to have started a red herring earlier...
>
> No, yo were right earlier. Using Flash for navigation will make your
> site less accessible. Ditch it.

For this particular site I'd agree, but it's quite feasible these days
to have a site that is completely Flash based. Depends on who you'd
like to see it, and whether or not you're willing to create
alternative content for those who do not have Flash installed.