Comments on: BannerSnack Licenses Giveaway – What Do You Think Of Flash Banners?

By: Liam Hammett

Liam Hammett — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:22:48 +0000

I’m personally a very strong believer that HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery will overrun most of Flash in the next few years, but Flash still has its uses, eg. games and other things.

Another thing, is that for Flash banners, they have the really good use of being able to have nice graphics and good effects into the banner, instead of in a .GIF animation – meaning less bandwidth used by your viewers, etc.

I would personally normally choose to steer clear of most animation in banners myself, use GIF’s if I need them. However there have been times where I’ve used Flash banners myself and I wouldn’t mind having a chance to use more of them – BannerSnack may be really helpful for that chance!

By: Flash

Flash — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:06:23 +0000

I am totally agree with Quim, also there are no tool-program now available that can make rich internet application like FLASH. Maybe there are some alternatives for animations transitions (like JQerry, HTML5 etc), but when it comes to limits, flash is unbeatable. I didn’t hear that someone create great 3d-look game in js, html5…etc just my 2 cents

By: Quim Berenguer

Quim Berenguer — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:41:52 +0000

It’s funny that some people talk about flash as if it was something evil in it self. i don’t like many plane HTML designs and that doesn’t mean that i should hate HTML, I don’t like some designers works, but what has to do with flash or any technology they use?, oh yes, i do hate power point for the same reasons, sorry :o)
In any case, that a company blocks or decide, not only against flash, what type of programming system can be seen or used in they machines it’s, at list, against all programmers and designers community, next could be you.

By: Handy

Handy — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:38:44 +0000

Flash websites just make the whole browsing experience BAD. Yes, they take (sometimes) ages to load, the visibility is horrible.

By: WebCreationUK

WebCreationUK — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:23:17 +0000

Flash is something I could live without, however most of the clients wouldn’t. So long-live flash, right? :)

By: Willie

Willie — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:10:43 +0000

this is the best flash banner program I’ve messed with god bless you who ever made this :)

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:26:28 +0000

Flash banners have their place. Yes, some can be flashy, annoying, etc., but that may be the idea for that ad. Others may look like an image, but when rolled over they may expand to add more functionality or content. It really all depends on the campaign.

I try to keep in mind the content that the banner is near. If the banner is near content that statistics show users are actually reading(if your cross promoting on your own site), maybe it’s not such a great idea to put a ‘flashy’ banner there. That doesn’t mean to not use flash though. It just means to be more subtle. I do believe that as designers/developers, we have a level of respect we should maintain for not only the visitors, but for the owner of the sites our ads may end up on.

We should design them to be eye-catching, but not induce seizures!

Ultimately, you really do have a whole world of possibilities when designing/developing a banner in flash.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:22:08 +0000

I already won a license with a previous contest and it’s great!
On the subject of flash banners, I still like them.
If I want to create a a banner in flash it seems to me to be much easier for sites to embed it then to actually use all of my js/css/html files I used for a HTML5 banner..
HTML5 is great for small time animation on your main site but for complex animation, why not use flash?

By: Filipe Pereira

Filipe Pereira — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:51:35 +0000

Greetings

Flash technology allows an infinite possibilities, but you must play by their rules. Once you understand Flash you commit the nightmare error of using it all, that’s why websites flash based sometimes gets an eternity to load…

But still a good tool to start from to understand animations online!

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:49:51 +0000

Used properly, appropriate to the context it’s shown in, Flash can be an excellent tool for attractive advertising. We’ve all seen and been annoyed by obnoxious ads in unexpected places, so that places extra responsibility on Flash banner designers to respect their audience and create a tasteful, compelling presentation.