Flash or html?

[killian]

What kind of websites do you prefer?
Flash or html?
Html are easier, but flash looks better sometimes, what do you think about it?

I'd go for good html ones

[warax]

CSS and HTML for me. As a surfer, I don't specifically look for Flash-laden sites. Fact, I stay away from them. From a site owner's point of view, sites in flash is also a nightmare to SEO, often necessitating separate HTML files for the bots to feed on.

[Dartz]

A few flash features is alright, but the entire site shouldn't be made in Flash, things like auto-updating RSS feeds or stock numbers to prevent spam-refreshing is a good idea.

And lets just say that bots hate flash, they simply cannot get info from it.

Remember that the Nintendo DS browser doesn't support flash functions, take that into consideration.

[donna]

Almost always I would choose HTML/CSS over Flash sites. Flash takes longer to load, and even though in some cases it can be only slightly longer, to viewers it can make the difference between clicking away before the site loads and staying on your site long enough to see what it's about. The exceptions for me would be when you really need to do something like Flash games. But basically I think, if you can do it in HTML then stick to HTML. Nothing annoys me more than someone using Flash to do what they could have done in HTML/CSS.

Also from an SEO perspective, Flash will get you nothing. The search engines can't read it, so they have no idea what your site is about, or how to index it. So if pages are all Flash based you aren't going to be getting traffic from the search engines. That's just a consideration.

[fridrich]

I personally prefer html.

[Sakari]

I have prefer to flash website. Flash websites are more attractive than only html.

[wchua24]

i love flash site...but it always take a longer time to load...hmmmm very tough decision .. i still chooses that flash..hehe

[robel]

I don't specifically look for Flash-laden sites. Fact, I stay away from them. From a site owner's point of view, sites in flash is also a nightmare to SEO, often necessitating separate HTML files