Perry de Havilland over at the Big Blog Company shares his point of view on "why Flash sites are... EVIL":
I actually think Flash is a splendid thing when used in moderation for banners and other design features, it is just 100% Flash sites I dislike.
Flash sites tend to be slow and people hate waiting. Secondly not everyone uses Flash enabled browsers... Thirdly and most importantly, the biggest flaw is that Flash sites might as well be invisible to Google and most other search engines, which is a huge disadvantage.
All very salient points (though I, unlike Perry, hate flash ads and banners), and as someone who is interested in accessibility issues I'd also point out that they are usually awful from that point of view.
However, I wonder whether Flash should find its real calling over the new 3G phone network. After all, if somebody put their weight behind Flash-enabled phones and designers built small versions of websites in Flash (or Flash Lite), it could be interesting.
It's been nearly a year and a half since DoCoMo's started trying it in Japan, and T-Mobile have tried something --- but now there's 3G in Europe it would be nice to see what it can really do.
Scratch all that silly Wap stuff and stop pretending that it's easy to navigate a traditionally-designed website on a tiny screen ... But that's probably just another one to put on the wishlist.
