Personally, I am not a big fan of Flash intros. Ultimately, it depends on who your audience is. I like a pdf portfolio that I can print off and take with me, markup, then follow up with. I, as a client, will not wait long for Flash intros and will leave if the loading time is taking too long, or if it is not entirely functional. I was on a site the other day and it took 20 seconds to load their Flash page over an 8Mbps connection. The load time is a killer. If I were to use Flash, I would have a static page that would link to various Flash demos/presentations that are more specifically targeted to a certain topic or project. This will also help reduce load time and file size.
What you are selling is yourself, so (1) think of how you would like to be seen by others and (2) picture yourself as the one who is sitting across the table. This should be a good thread to follow. -- Mario Bourque mariobourque.com / [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Alan Wexelblat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's assume that you've done the proper work to provide a "Skip > Intro" button. Let's further assume that you've done at least the > minimum to make your content accessible to people without the Flash > player. > > The question I ask, then, is: does having a Flash intro to a personal > site, which may include one's portfolio or resume, make sense in > today's job market and design environment? Or does this brand the > designer as someone stuck in the last decade? > > As usual, I suspect the answer is "it depends"; what I'm really > interested in is exploring issues around how we present ourselves in > online presences and the Flash-intro or Flash-site is a method I still > see from time to time, though not nearly as much as I used to. > > Best regards, > --Alan > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
