Website Design - Flash

What is Flash?

Macromedia Flash is the key to designing and delivering low-bandwidth animations, presentations, and websites. If you want your site to really 'sing and dance' then you need to consider a Flash site. Flash can envelop users and immerse them in your site. Users tend to stay on Flash websites for longer and a good, well designed Flash site can make a lasting impression.

Ok, Whats the Downside?

If you are going to use a Flash website you have to weigh up the disadvantages of using Flash against the obvious advantages it has.

The main disadvantage is that whereas a regular website loads in sections as you view it, a Flash site loads in one chunk. So if you have a large site it can take a while to load, especially on a slow modem. It has been proven that after 15 - 20 seconds the average internet user will give up and leave the site. Here at AAA Web Design we optimise our Flash files to give you the quickest loading time possible.

Another disadvantage is that by using Flash you are risking your rankings on the search engine as there is only one Flash file to load as opposed to many named and relevant pictures and search words. There are ways around this, by introducing a keyword littered splash page for example. AAA Web Design has the means of overcoming these problems with Flash.

If you are interested in a Flash website please give us a call us on 0845 0552185 or complete our enquiry form and we will be delighted to help.