Flash or not to Flash

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Maybe not the most interesting of websites (or blogs for that matter) and it doesn’t ooz positivity but from a usability perspective but this guy is on the money!

http://angryaussie.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/should-your-website-have-a-flash-intro/

You do not NEED a flash homepage to draw attention to your website and you won’t look ‘cool’ if you have one.

I have talk to clients endlessly about this… think about the objective of your website first and ask yourself, who are your target audience? I bet you 9 times out of 10 you’re website strategy doesn’t need one… and no, including a flash intro to make it ‘look pretty’ is not a valid reason.

All in all there are more and more websites these days, giving you the option to skip the flash intro on their homepage, which is great, but it would be better to see away with the skip button all together and just get to the content. I mean this is why your users land on your homepage in the first place!