Designing for Accessibility
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screen, and they don’t work in obvious ways.
* They’re not controllable. If you re-size the browser, the content doesn’t resize. It’s useless on small screens or for partially-sighted users.
* They’re not fast enough. You have to download the entire website before you can see anything at all. (Normal websites build up the screen as their parts are loaded). Most users expect to be able to see a website in less than three seconds.
* They’re not search-engine friendly. Search engines read text. They can’t read graphics or animations. Nothing in a graphics website will ever be indexed by a search engine
Flash-based websites aren’t all bad! if the content you’re showing is inherently graphical, or animated (or, indeed, is depicting a videogame), then Flash is entirely appropriate for it.
