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I generally don't like Macromedia Flash...

I generally don't like Macromedia Flash. I usually click "Skip Intro" on Flash introduction pages, because it takes forever to load and play (especially on my slow computer) and doesn't really present any useful information. Sometimes Flash can be useful - if, for example, you really need to pretend you are Thierry Ardisson and have a little keyboard to play the sound clips from "Tout le monde en parle". Which, of course, I do. But Flash introductions are usually skipped and if I link to a site, it will be to the page after the intro.

Someone in the JHAC keeps pushing me to learn Flash so that I can put it on the JH site. To that I say: "Bah." I wouldn't put it on my page just because I could, if I knew that people like me were going to be annoyed and skip it. I also say, "Put Flash on your own site if you like it so much." I like my sites clean and simple, easy and quick to load, and without a lot of bother. I like my technology and Internet gadgets to do something useful and make the information-finding process easier. Maybe they're not as flashy as some others, but I like 'em.

srah - Wednesday, 23 January 2002 - 4:50 PM
Tags: technology

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