There are millions of websites on the Internet and you need to have something unique and different to be able to stand out from the crowd. There are many ways and flash websites is most effective and newest among them.
What is a flash website?
Flash is a multimedia technology made for websites, which allows one to intertwine videos, photos, animations, and make a user interactive site. It has been around since 1990s but it has not been used to its potential till now. It is developed by Macromedia and has over 500 million users all over the world.
Pros
Sound, animation and videos can make your site interactive and helps in building interest for the user. Files are smaller compared to other multimedia platforms and thus increases download speed considerably. One can develop these sites free of cost by using many tools available on the net. It’s very easy to learn and implement these skills and convert your dream into reality. According to the studies it increases viewers twice or four times within a short time.
Cons
Biggest disadvantage is that all users don have flash player that can cause inconvenience to users. Site should cater to the needs of the users also those don’t have flash player. It should not be entirely based on flash so as to accommodate every type of visitor. Flash uses animations and database queries that can take lots of time to load many times. Sometimes it can be distracting also if there is too much sound and animation on the site.
So is it worth a try? That’s up to you to decide but there are lots of pros compared to cons. Where there is so much competition one should not miss this powerful tool that can help you reaching your goal if used properly.
