Arrrrgh! No, no and no! I've spent a good many years trying to convince clients to stop this practice. Even those that insisted on going with the Flash intro have all let up now.
The basis for a Flash intro is to have a sass between the world wild web and immersion in the client's brand experience. This is great for 1.visitors who have the time and 2.first time visitors. We all know however that most users are an impatient bunch and want to get to the content they're looking for and beyond the first visit they will also click on "skip intro". I agree with one of the comments above aswell: the Flash intro also often creates disappointment as the user enters into a plain vanilla web site experience after sitting through the fireworks show. If you're website is in full Flash, by all means I'd suggest using a two second intro (not more!) in choreographing the different elements in the layout. This is intuitive to the user, placing emphasis on the information you'd like them to see first. A solution I was involved in with Vuitton a while back was a full screen Flash intro which lasted a second, then immediately reduced in size (whilst continuing to play) revealing the other content on the homepage. What was important here, was that the navigation bars were always displayed. So for returning visitors, they could click on the sections without waiting for the animation to finish. Just been to Vuitton and seen that they've now removed this... I was also involved in the new Cartier ecommerce website platform- starting with Japan - www.cartier.jp. They insisted on having a Flash intro - just wondering how long that will be up for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=29277 ________________________________________________________________ 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
