Using Flash

Advantages

  • Basic animations for your website
  • Interactive "games" can be created using flash
  • Often used in banner design to improve click through rate and grab attention
    attracts the attention of the eye
  • Can incorporate a mini presentation into your website
Disadvantages
  • Increase in file size of the page.
  • can cause slow loading times on your website (slow connection user won't hang around and wait)
  • Some users may not wish to install Flash onto their computer.
  • More difficult to optimize flash pages for search engines.
  • Not as easy to edit as other more commonly used formats