When talking with people about web design, almost everybody mentions something about Flash. Why? Sure, it’s on a lot of pages and can make good animations. The problem is that it is an inefficient tool for a productive web site.

• Flash cannot be easily indexed by search engines
• Flash slows down page load speeds
• Flash is not installed/enabled on all computers (making the web site useless)

There are other problems with Flash, but those are the main ones.

I think this plays well with our company’s theme of creating sites that are functional under the skin. We want to create sites that rank well in search engines, are easy for users to use, and accessible to the largest amount of users possible. I believe it is possible to do all of this while still having a pleasing visual layout.

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