Advantages of a Flash website

So what are the main advantages of a Flash website?

• Flash can make a web site more attractive, interactive and dynamic.
• Within a 30 second period Flash can show a whole company presentation or profile on a website.
• Flash has now become a very well-recognized format on the internet, and it is estimated that over 97% of web users now have the Flash Player installed on their computers
• In addition to being embedded within a web page, Flash movies can also be exported to construct stand-alone executable applications, which are ideal for CD-ROMs.
• Flash movies can be stored in very small file sizes, so they can be downloaded rapidly.
• It is now possible to import external information from say a database into a Flash movie. This facilitates the construction of more sophisticated Flash-based applications that can automatically update themselves. What this means is that one can use the same Flash interface by simply editing the external XML file.
• Flash can also be used to create innovative advertisements, games and movies that can be displayed a web site.

Uses of Flash

Flash can be used as a in the following to make them more attractive and interesting:

• Advertising Banners
• Online Presentations
• Offline Presentations
• Web Sites
• CD ROMs
• Screen Savers
• Software Applications