I talk to people all the time that say that they LOVE their all Flash website and refuse to change it. I agree that many are attractive, but if people cannot see your site what is the point of having one? Some people may not have Flash on their computer and guess what? They can’t see your site…
What I see on my iPhone with an all Flash site...see a phone number?
On my iPhone I can’t see your site at all (see pic). So, if I am out and trying to get your number and I go to your all Flash website I can’t see your phone number! THIS is a big problem for you…if you are hoping for business because I will just find someone else online to call – someone with a visible phone number!
Some things to consider:
- You can have a pretty site with moving elements without Flash
- You can have Flash within your site, but still have areas that are indexable by the search engines and viewable to people without Flash (see our home page).
- If you MUST have an all Flash site there are steps you can take to help people without Flash see your site. Talk to your designer.
- Content is crucial when hoping to rank for different keyword phrases. If the search engines can’t see it you kind of just shot your self in the foot.
Melissa
Just be aware that the alternatives to doing Flash functionality often kill other browsers. You may not want to admit it, but IE6 users still out-number iAnything users by about 10:1.
Sure JavaScript can do what Flash does, but do you really want to. It may be better to go ahead and create a light version of your site for the smaller browsers in general. Then just have that smaller version more streamlined where it is possible to use without JavaScript or Flash.
Either that or we tell everyone to upgrade their browsers to Chrome or Firefox, but I think we already know how far that goes.
berto
Berto,
I understand your points, but there have been about 40 million iPhones sold. Let’s take a big 5 mil off for all those that bought newer versions or broke their phone and couldn’t get another one. You are looking at 35 million iPhone users as an estimate. This is a massive amount and a population that cannot be ignored.