Flash is making a prominent presence into the web world these days. Flash is best medium to put animated and interactive movies onto websites to catch eyes instantly. Following are few advantages and disadvantages of flash technology that is catching the nerve of people in this modern world.

The advantages of using Flash features in Websites:

Flash in happening:

Flash is a popular technology available these days. Thanks to its attractive features, it is easily catching up the web market. It gives the interesting combination of interactivity and animation to balance a website. Flash intros create excitement for visitors and compel them to stay a little longer on the website. Thus, websites having Flash features are more successful in clinching eyes.

Interactive menus:

It is very easy to build nice interactive menus in the Flash intro. These menu systems act as a good navigation panel for visitors and help them to explore the site well. However, it is important to include static HTML links from the homepage for the search engines bots.

The disadvantages of using Flash features in Websites:

May add up into the original file size of the homepage:

Flash features may increase the time for the loading of the homepage and makes it bulky. It is mainly because Flash intros include adding of both vector as well as raster graphics.  Thus, while loading of the homepage may take some extra time.

Music and sound files in the Flash intro:

Visitors may be force to listen the pre added music on the website thus, there is no choice for visitors to pick their own music. Also, music and sound files embedded in Flash movies increase their file sizes.