The Favorite Website Awards is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Flash technology by creating a list of the best Flash websites from each year. It is an exciting look at how far the technology and the designers have evolved over the decade.
The overall best of each year are:
1996-7: Gabocorp
1998: NRG.BE
1999: MONO*crafts
2000: John Mark Sorum
2001: 2Advanced Studios v3 Expansions
2002: Neostream Interactive
2003: Road Runner
2004: Vodafone Future Vision
2005: Leo Burnett
2006: In-Synch Challenge
My problem with Flash is not how it can be implemented, but rather how designers seem to forget that most internet users do not want to sit through noises, music, and other “flash” oriented things without having the option to turn it off, or rather skip it completely.
Getting the information one needs far outweighs anything that flash seems to be about.
Sir Jorge,
I am with you 100%. After the initial novelty, Flash is typically annoying. I particularly do not like its search engine non-friendly qualities.
-Kent