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Flash site are very slow and normally I think they are a joke. You could use flash in a site if you have a captive audience.
Example would be: The movie Harry Porter can use flash because people expect cool magical stuff. So if the load time is 1 min long that's fine. Your not losing your audience. (or views) If you notice the site is running java script until the flash loads. Steve Jobs has said "IPhone will not load flash because it's too slow"
I have learn that the days of flashy, lots of art, looks futuristic are gone. (If you trying to make money with your site)
If your making a site for (example) cooking pots. Then using anything that slows your site down will kill you. People are impatient, they want it now. They don't want to read, they click and go.
Myself I'll do a search and click a result and if it doesn't come right up I think "must be down" and click something else. If I have to read a site to figure out what to click to find what I want. The first thing that goes through my head is: "this is b.s." and go to the next site.
Most site are designed to be easy to read, large click buttons, simple minded. In other words, the designer used common sense. If I go to a site and look for "cooking pots" I want to see cooking pots on the front page. Then click a button and go to the second page. If I have to read on that page, it's OK you have my attention.
Also remember if the professors really knew what they were doing they would be millionaires not teachers and a millionaire will never teach because he doesn't want to lose the money to you.
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