Macromedia Flash is a 'plugin' for web browsers to be able to display animated, movie and sound content. According to Macromedia 98.3% of web users have the ability to view Flash content. With that kind of reliability, Flash based web sites can be used to deliver almost pixel perfect design and dynamic, interesting multi-media solutions.

The real attracttion of flash based web sites is the ability to offer animated, sound packed web sites that are much more interesting than a normal 'static' web site.

We have also used Flash to build other interesting features including; Animated introduction sequences, CD-Roms, Animated Power point style presentations and Intranets.

There are draw backs to Flash web sites. The main one being that Flash web sites cannot be indexed by Search Engines (correct at time of writing!) - so your fancy looking animated web site will not actually get any new visitors - which kind of defeats the object a little. There are of course ways around this, and correct use of Flash can definitely enhance a visit to a web site and if built correctly can still be Search Engine friendly.

Some sample Flash web sites and animations