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Users cannot right-click the menu. Instead of the browser??™s standard contextual
menu (which allows users to load links in new windows, check link properties, and
much more), visitors are presented with Flash??™s proprietary menu (as shown in
Figure 4-7), which is completely useless.
If the menu uses any complex graphics or animations, it adds to the page??™s overall
weight. Even though most Flash developers are considerate enough to provide preloading
animations to tell visitors how long they have to wait, if the load time takes
longer than 5 to 10 seconds, even the most patient web user will let loose a string
of unpleasantries.
Figure 4-7. This site uses Flash-powered navigation with HTML-based content. Unfortunately, the
contextual menu (accessed by right-clicking) is useless to the audience.
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It seems the one contingency to consistently make up for Flash??™s shortcomings is to actually
duplicate the content in HTML. Typically, main menu links are repeated near the site
footer. This is awkward usability (people will question why the links are the same), but it
makes the site far more accessible.
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