[thelist] flash accessibility/usability

[George Klingenhoffer]

I uninstalled Flash a few weeks back.  Every piece of annoying advertising
uses Flash and hardly any site of note uses it for anything other than
annoying little flashing boxes.  Why bother installing it if the only way I
am exposed to it is through advertising?

I haven't viewed any sites that use it exclusively for navigation but it's
cut down on those annoying ads that play sounds and flash things all over
the screen.  If I ever visit a site that does, it's probably not well
designed enough to pay attention to anyway.

I think this is going to become an issue when more people catch on to this.

> >So, a Flasher would need to convince me of the usefulness of the
> first four
> >(which, like it or not, *is* 99% of the Flash today).
>
> I don't need to convince you of anything - I could care less if
> you're completely uninterested in Flash. But it disturbs me that
> you're attempting to turn others others who know as little or less
> about Flash as you away from it ... and that's unfair to them and
> those of us who are trying to make the web a better place by using
> Flash.