Html5 or Flash?

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Becky2508

Which is best to use when creating a website?

Opinions please.

svidgen

Umm ... If it's just a website, certainly not flash.

If it's web-based, 3D MMORPG ... sure, use flash. Otherwise, no flash ... flash is just terrible.

cbVision

I agree with svidgen. Websites should not be in flash. Web applications or games, yes, but not a website itself.

WebWarrior

Keep in mind that neither iPhone, nor iPad support Flash.

subc

cbVision;1187551 wrote:
I agree with svidgen. Websites should not be in flash. Web applications or games, yes, but not a website itself.

I would add that pagination should not exist on the web.. except to distribute the load of image/video-heavy sites. But of course, marketing always finds a way to monetize on visitors.

svidgen

subc;1187613 wrote:
I would add that pagination should not exist on the web.. except to distribute the load of image/video-heavy sites. But of course, marketing always finds a way to monetize on visitors.

Interesting ...

cbVision

I would add that pagination should not exist on the web.. except to distribute the load of image/video-heavy sites. But of course, marketing always finds a way to monetize on visitors.

Can you elaborate? What type of pagination should not be used?

spufi

On the flip side, HTML5 isn't officially out, nor fully supported.

subc

cbVision;1187633 wrote:
Can you elaborate? What type of pagination should not be used?

As in "Here is this news article.. but is broken down on 8 pages"
of course, every page is filled with ads so that by visiting a single article over 8 pages, a user creates more than one impression on ads = increased profitability for whoever runs the site.

My opinion about the web is that being electronic and all, most articles/blog posts/instructions/reviews can (and should) be posted in a single page and increase the viewer's likelihood of coming back on a regular basis.

The exception being actual online manuals/books where content is arranged in sections/chapters

svidgen

subc;1187650 wrote:
As in "Here is this news article.. but is broken down on 8 pages"
of course, every page is filled with ads so that by visiting a single article over 8 pages, a user creates more than one impression on ads = increased profitability for whoever runs the site.

My opinion about the web is that being electronic and all, most articles/blog posts/instructions/reviews can (and should) be posted in a single page and increase the viewer's likelihood of coming back on a regular basis.

The exception being actual online manuals/books where content is arranged in sections/chapters

Ever consider that pagination is sometimes good for the UX? I don't, for instance, want to see 100 search results on a single page.

Danish01

No doubt Html5.....

Anton_Zaleski

No website should be in Flash, that's the absolute rule. I remember Flash-based websites being in-trend 5-6 years ago, and maybe even more.

Evenjos

Neither. HTML5 isn't fully supported yet, so if you want your website to be widely accessible, it's useless for now. Flash won't show up on Apple OSx devices.

If you're making a normal website, your best bet is to either use Wordpress, Dreamweaver, or plain HTML/CSS.

svidgen

Evenjos;1189996 wrote:
Neither. HTML5 isn't fully supported yet, so if you want your website to be widely accessible, it's useless for now. Flash won't show up on Apple OSx devices.

If you're making a normal website, your best bet is to either use Wordpress, Dreamweaver, or plain HTML/CSS.

Knock it off. Since when has any version HTML ever been fully supported across the board? (hint: never.)

nicsmotherman

Make website with HTML 5 it will be best for visitor . Because sometime flash take more time for loading animation than html 5

handcraftedweb

iPad sales are surging (15 million in Q4 2011) so any Flash based site won't be accessible to all those computers. Not to mention all those people that keep Flash disabled in their browser for security reasons.

vivianvictor

svidgen;1190003 wrote:
Knock it off. Since when has any version HTML ever been fully supported across the board? (hint: never.)

True!!!

Becky2508

Thanks for all your input. Are any of you employed by a web design company? As im curious as to which an employer would encourage their employees to use, with HTML5 being open source and Flash being very expensive.

Becky

handcraftedweb

Becky2508;1199500 wrote:
Thanks for all your input. Are any of you employed by a web design company? As im curious as to which an employer would encourage their employees to use, with HTML5 being open source and Flash being very expensive.

Becky

You have to know your audience. Millions of people (with tablets, etc.) can't use Flash. The are also millions of people that can't use HTML5 (old browsers or JavaScript disabled).

In general, HTML5 is becoming more accessible and Flash is becoming less so.

spufi

Becky2508;1199500 wrote:
Thanks for all your input. Are any of you employed by a web design company? As im curious as to which an employer would encourage their employees to use, with HTML5 being open source and Flash being very expensive.

Becky

Depends on how forward thinking the company is and what their target audience is. Mobile devices are starting to outsell computers. It would seem logical to focus on the growing market that isn't a flash in the pan type of movement.