[WEB4LIB] RE: Applications of Flash on library web sites...

[Thomas Dowling]

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From: "Nancy Sosna Bohm" <plum at ulink.net>
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Applications of Flash on library web sites...


> He's right, of course, and I'm about to stick my foot in it again, but
it's
> late and I can't resist:
> Doesn't "flash encourages gratuitous animation" sound a little too far
> right?
>

Jakob Nielsen doesn't get paid to offer wishy-washy opinions.

I believe that 99% of all animation on the web is both gratuitous and a
detriment to usability and accessibility, so I have no problem with
criticizing flash for encouraging more of it.  Where a case can be made
that animation is the one best solution to a clearly defined problem, and
where a case can be made that flash is the one best source for that
animation, different rules apply.  But then, that wouldn't be gratuitous.


Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu