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What is Flash and what are the pros and cons of using this technology?

Flash technology was created by Adobe and, for a long time, it was used for the creation of sites with animations. Today, however, it is the target of controversy and differences between developers and customers. We list below the positive and negative points regarding the use of Flash.

Pros:

  • It enables the creation of animations, texts and other elements;
  • It generates quite attractive visual effects;
  • It allows the use of sounds and dynamic graphs.

Cons:

  • It requires the user to install the plug-ins for Flash and they need constant updates;
  • It is important that there is an HTML version of the same site, so that users without the plug-in can also visualize it;
  • Many browsers do not support Flash technology, as well as various mobile devices, such as iPhones and iPads;
  • Pages in Flash are heavier than those in HTML and need more time for loading;
  • Websites in Flash have negative performance results in search mechanisms, because the pages are not indexed.