In its illustrious history, Flash has gone from super cool to overused to sophisticatedly stylish.
Here are 10 stunning websites that demonstrate how Flash is being used effectively today.
Patricio Robles is a tech reporter at Econsultancy. Follow him on Twitter.
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9:43AM on 23rd June 2009
The Star trek one is slightly reminiscent of the DVD Interface for the Original Hellboy DVD
MD at Datadial ltd
12:38PM on 23rd June 2009
I Cant quite see what is so good about the two that I looked at: polaris and havana. Polaris particularly just seems to be particularly dull. Havana seems to be just a film? I think flash sites are big waste of time generally and this lot have done nothing to dispel the thought - sorry.
Director of Product Development at Econsultancy
2:05PM on 23rd June 2009
Each to their own but I for one did a double take when I saw "really cool" and "Flash websites" in the same sentence...
Director at The CogWorks
9:08AM on 24th June 2009
I agree with Robert and Chris. Flash is overused and unnecessary in most circumstances.
Its is fine when used in small doses, but on the whole, why build a Flash site when decent CSS and Jquery will suffice and is a hell of a lot more accessible.
Car manufacturuer websites seems to be particularly prone to attacks of the 'Flash' demons...
9:15AM on 24th June 2009
Obviously there's always been a strong connection between graphics/aestethics and Flash. These sort of campaign sites might be one thing, but lets not forget that Flash content can be used to enhance and complement static content on a site. In some cases even make it more accessible.
E-commerce Content Manager at Supergroup Internet Ltd
2:39PM on 24th June 2009
Take a look at www.krbs.co.uk/index.aspx if you want to see a 'modern' site that uses Flash for the sake of it.
I do like Flash, but when it's used for the hell of it it just makes me switch off. Use a decent bit of coding and augment static elements with a hint of Flash. Bingo... job done.
Managing Consultant at Westrow Interactive
6:25PM on 25th June 2009
I try not to recommend use of flash unless there is immense value add. Partly because it alienates folks browsing with a mobile device.
2:14PM on 26th June 2009
This has to be in your top 10, though is a bit bandwidth hungry:
www.underdog,tv
12:47AM on 20th July 2009
Trying a clean simple approach to Flash. Agree with Mark though, even ours leaves mobile a bit hungry. The Flash on http://www.nonsek,com does a nice job of bringing art and commerce together. Cheers!
1:32AM on 23rd July 2009
time has changed now people apart from just getting the information within a click look for better interactivity and sparkle and shine as well!! for example the umbro one. I mean that umbro websites gives you feeling of being in the showroom itself.So flash is good for web pages as far as you have access to flashy ISP like bullet !!
5:27PM on 17th December 2009
this website loads fast and this guy make's this websites now this is a cool web site www.mediadye.com
7:02PM on 19th December 2010
Cool list. If anyone is looking for more nice sites good sources for inspiration. I would suggest:
http://www.bestwebdesignaward.com
http://www.designlicks.com/
http://www.dopeawards.com/