[thelist] Flash experts?

John,

Thank you for your comments.  I, too am puzzled by why the client wants Flash.
I think the other designer who is bidding on the job convinced him that Flash
was the way to go.  I don't  think it is either, but I didn't feel comfortable
getting into a discussion I couldn't defend.
Shel

John Dowdell wrote:

> At 1:24 PM 1/3/0, Shelley Sherman wrote:
> > I have a client who would like Flash animation for a "Tour
> > of the Company Plant" sort of thing.  There are 40-50 frames.
> > The photos will be supplied.
>
> I can't provide an accurate quote either, but I'm curious why Flash would
> be used here... is most of the content in the photographs? If so, then why
> not use regular HTML?
>
> (Flash can greatly help with streaming vector art, hi-fi audio and advanced
> interactivity, but it doesn't do anything particular with a series of fifty
> photographs.)
>
> Could this project be done just as well in straight HTML...?
>
> jd
>
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