make flash-only websites and earn the hatred of people with slow internet connections, slow PCs, the open source world, people who hate waiting, people who just need to inform themselves about a certain topic and don't need all the audio and eye candy, people with flash block enabled, etc.
Let me just address some things here, I am not angry at all, really, but let me just give you my viewpoint. You have accurately described the thinking of some people on the net, but most people are sheep, and thats why open source will never get any widespread appeal-no widespread appeal == no money for you(or me as the case may be)
earn the hatred of people with slow internet connections
too bad, Im also not going to make a game to fit someone's crap video card.
The thing is we force people to get a better internet connection, this kind of pressure is good for everyone, more people angry about slow connections, the faster connections they get.
same thing. Stop crying and get a real pc. Dont have the money? Get a job, join the world! This is good pressure because it causes people to get off their butts and make something of themselves.
People wasting their time on inferior products, they are trying to save a sinking a boat.
Same thing, Get a real computer! Get a real connection, then you dont have to wait! If your area is too rural,..move out! You have to determine if you want to live on a farm or if you want to plug in with the rest of the world.
Either way, technology will be serving everyone with a decent connection soon.
people who just need to inform themselves about a certain topic and don't need all the audio and eye candy
Most people are stupid and they dont care about being informed, they have an attention span of about 30 seconds, so once again our math formula works: widespread appeal==more money for you
people with flash block enabled
they are just paranoid, overall your safe with flash on.
always offer an html alternative.
I agree, it does make sense.
flash sites are a nightmare to update compared to the simplicity of a php/mysql-driven cms.
that I dont know about, thats something I am going to have to learn, sounds right to me.
flashsites are bad for search engines
Excellent point, reinforces your idea about offering the html alternative.
flash sites are bad for photo albums
I wonder why, I liked the screenshot gallery in the u3 site that was posted...
flash videos and applications like games are cool. but it's not a web technology you should use on a regular basis for home pages.
Well Im interested in a lot of new cutting edge capabilities, and from an artists point of view(I know you are also an artist) flash makes a lot of visualizations possible, this is a newsletter I got from adobe, check it out:
flash new tech (especially I recommend the flash 'get out and play')
But hey, dont get me wrong, I appreciate the opinion, I really do. I was sort of a socialist myself a few years back, so I understand the 'purists' mind-set, but to me most of it is just a waste of time, Id rather put pressure on the market rather than screw around with the intricasies of some dying technology.