This is the definition of bad usability.
Inaccessibility: Although Adobe promotes the accessibility features of recent Flash
versions, the fact remains that the tools are weak, and few developers even use
them. If a blind or motor-impaired user ever visited a company??™s Flash-based website,
there??™s a good chance they would be completely unable to discern the content.
See Figure 1-4 as an example of a Flash website that has no meaningful
content inside the code.
Search engine hindrances: Because Flash obfuscates text inside SWF files, search
engines have no means of reading and indexing the content, because they rely on
HTML text to not only see the actual words, but also how those words are organized
into a meaningful structure, like headers, paragraphs, and links.
Usability issues: Besides the load-time and accessibility hindrances, Flash introduces
other usability concerns, such as breaking the browser??™s Back button and the
inability to bookmark individual pages.
Figure 1-4. While Flash websites like this one designed by Geary Interactive can often bring the wow
factor to visitors, they present numerous usability and accessibility challenges.
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