Why Stop Flash Using?

Adobe Flash is good that it allows unmatched interactivity, source code is protected and it is good to be used for animation and media. Interactive elements or movement can be created upon modification and add color to the sites when using flash. Nevertheless, we suggest you not to build up a website entirely by flash, or creating main functionality of your sites within flash.

Not Search Engine Friendly: Google and Yahoo search engine just able to read Flash files, their developers have done put lots of efforts in configuring the flash movie. There are still many constraints in some aspects, like what links search engines can crawl or index. This shows the search engines may not pick up the text which contained within the flash, hence, it prohibits search engines to be found and list essential content to your customers. So Google still recommends people to use Flash sparingly.

Immobility: In this society where we are highly mobilized (around 4.1 cellulars in 2008), it is disappointing when we cannot browse some information using mobile phones and iPhones just because we do not have Flash installed as Flash is not designed for mobile phones, or even iPhones as Apple has not yet got into cooperation with Adobe.

Lacking the Support For Maintaining Cross Platform: inserting Flash is not as easy as adding a HTML tags to a document. Some browsers need JavaScript support to load the page. There are many peculiarities that you will find when integrating elements of Flash into your website.

Flash Player Required: To view a Flash animation, you will have to install an Adobe Flash Player downloaded from the Adobe website. There is always the possibility that people decide not to install the player on their computers and miss out on useful information on your site.

Accessibility: Adobe Flash would have to make vast fundamental changes to accommodate users who are vision-impaired and those who use text readers. Websites of higher educational institutes and that of government bodies must complied with Section 508 Compliant, where Flash does not. For websites to become readable, it is crucial for Flash to make changes.

High Cost: Flash is not a cheap software, it costs $700. There are many additional costs like those for maintenance and for updates. These create a huge fortune for small enterprises and web developers. HTML is a much better choice in terms of cost.

Flash does help in many situations, but it is of importance to know its limitation when you want to utilize it to build your websites or when you are selecting a web developer.