Flash usability guide

Howard Lake | 19 September 2002 | News

A new book explains how to use Flash on Web sites and still keep them usable.

Macromedia’s graphic design package Flash is often regarded as a hindrance to making Web sites accessible. In nearly eight years of publishing online UK Fundraising has used a Flash graphic only half a dozen times or so, and we have always advised charities to steer clear of it in core online fundraising activities. Making sure as many people as possible can read your fundraising appeal is generally a sound approach.

However, a new book from Kevin Airgid and Stephanie Reindel argues that it is possible to use Flash and retain an usable Web site. “Flash 99% Good” presents practical examples of such Web sites, and offers tips on how to go about applying the principles to your Web site.

At £32.99 the book is not cheap, but you could draw it to the attention of your Web designer(s).

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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.