Comments on: Jealous of WDDG http://nickgehring.com/2008/12/09/jealous-of-wddg/ Mon, 18 May 2009 23:40:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: gehringn http://nickgehring.com/2008/12/09/jealous-of-wddg/comment-page-1/#comment-74 gehringn Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:29:57 +0000 http://nickgehring.com/?p=835#comment-74 It depends on your audience. Flash, at least now, is terrible for many cell phones, the visually impaired who use screen readers, and SEO for text-heavy sites. However, there are great uses, like as a design portfolio for an online marketer. It's also great for someone who has a reputation outside of the Web. Like I said, look at WDDG's client list. Do you think that group has trouble attracting new clients? It depends on your audience. Flash, at least now, is terrible for many cell phones, the visually impaired who use screen readers, and SEO for text-heavy sites.

However, there are great uses, like as a design portfolio for an online marketer. It’s also great for someone who has a reputation outside of the Web. Like I said, look at WDDG’s client list. Do you think that group has trouble attracting new clients?

]]> By: Brett http://nickgehring.com/2008/12/09/jealous-of-wddg/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Brett Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:23:58 +0000 http://nickgehring.com/?p=835#comment-73 Yeah - love the site too man. It's a nice showcase of what you can do with some good ol' fashion creativity. I'm a huge fan of accessibility, web standards, and being search engine friendly... but in the end, what gets people to stay on your site - is your site. This is where I feel you'll see a big debate and honest conversation over what a site ought to be. Flash - or not to flash? What are you willing to trade-off to get a fun interface? What "should" the web community embrace? And yes, I'm a big fan of flash sites too - Making the Moment is entirely flash based (besides our blog), and I've found it to be a great thing. I've been fortunate (and against the standard for SEO) I have a great amount of traffic coming in from google. Yeah, accessibility is lost, but being a photographer, my target market is a bit younger, tech-savvy, and not visually impaired. Yeah – love the site too man. It’s a nice showcase of what you can do with some good ol’ fashion creativity. I’m a huge fan of accessibility, web standards, and being search engine friendly… but in the end, what gets people to stay on your site – is your site.

This is where I feel you’ll see a big debate and honest conversation over what a site ought to be. Flash – or not to flash? What are you willing to trade-off to get a fun interface? What “should” the web community embrace?

And yes, I’m a big fan of flash sites too – Making the Moment is entirely flash based (besides our blog), and I’ve found it to be a great thing. I’ve been fortunate (and against the standard for SEO) I have a great amount of traffic coming in from google. Yeah, accessibility is lost, but being a photographer, my target market is a bit younger, tech-savvy, and not visually impaired.

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