To Flash or not? a simple survey

[Ling Nightsky]

just a short survey.... please give me your input...

1. Do you like Flash sites? Why?
2. What is your internet connection?
3. What is your screen resolution?
4. Do you have the latest Flash Player 6? or still at 5?
5. How long are you willing to wait for the site to get loaded?
a) <20 secs b) <40 secs c) <60 sec
6. Do you like flash acompanied with sound or music? (for example, sound loop )?
7. Do you think Flash site owner should have a html version of the site available too?
8. Do you prefer high tech and complicated flash or simple and elegant flash site?
9. Anything else you would like to say or add on?

 

[superhero]

1. yes and no. yes for simple intro screen , no for the full site in
flash.
2. SCV cable.
3. 1024x768 for 17 inch.
4. yes. latest.
5. a) <20secs. most of the time if it takes long , i just click "skip movie"
6. yes if only the music is nice and we have a option to turn it off.
7. best to have both versions lor.
8. simple and elegant.
9. not at the moment.

 

[Trevor_Tan]

1. Depends, yes if the flash is not big (ie, do not required a long time to load)
2. Singnet 256Kb boardband
3. 1024 x 768 & 800 x 600
4. Don't know, How to check?
5. <20, but normally skip the flash intro if possible
6. No sound, prefer quiet website if possible.
7. Yes, cos some time use friends or office PC to surf, and can't install flash player as the owner/company may not allow.
8. simple and elegant flash

9. I encounter some flash site where half way thru' the site (filling up some form or etc), the page didn't display properly, and when hit refresh, it load from the begining again.

 

[Ling Nightsky]

thanx you both

Trevor: I'm not sure how to check what version of flash player you have but Flash Player 6 just came out so i you don't remember d/l it at macromedia, you most probably have 5 then.
When you hit refresh, you are refreshing the whole .swf file... that's why you start all over again :/

 

[Ian]

Originally posted by Ling Nightsky

7. Do you think Flash site owner should have a html version of the site available too?
8. Do you prefer high tech and complicated flash or simple and elegant flash site?
9. Anything else you would like to say or add on?

7) Yes there should be a non flash version available as it's good authoring practice and it should conform to WSC standards.

8) Elegant everytime.

9) A good site is;
a) Cross browser complient
b) Able to be accessed by version 3 browsers.
c) Fast loading even with a slow (14.4K) connection
d) Available in a variety of screen resolutions.

just my 2cents worth :devil:

 

[Landes]

1. Not the whole site. Intro is fine. But mostly I skip it.
2. 512K BB
3. 1024x768
4. Flash Player 6
5. a) <20secs, not a very patient kinda person
6. If the sound or music is not too annoying, it's fine wif me.
7. Should have, for those 56K users
8. simple and elegant flash site

 

[revenant]

Originally posted by Ling Nightsky
just a short survey.... please give me your input...

1. Do you like Flash sites? Why?
2. What is your internet connection?
3. What is your screen resolution?
4. Do you have the latest Flash Player 6? or still at 5?
5. How long are you willing to wait for the site to get loaded?
a) <20 secs b) <40 secs c) <60 sec
6. Do you like flash acompanied with sound or music? (for example, sound loop )?
7. Do you think Flash site owner should have a html version of the site available too?
8. Do you prefer high tech and complicated flash or simple and elegant flash site?
9. Anything else you would like to say or add on?

1) Flash sites are cool but they took a bit of bandwidth and resources. People with slow connection or slower computer will have a bit of difficulty. So, I guess intro with flash is okay but not the contents.
2) ADSL
3) 1024 * 768
4) Flash Player 6
5) b) <40secs
6) Any. As long as it suits the flash well enough.
7) Yes, that would be ideal
8) Sweet and Simple