Why shouldn't I use Flash?

Question

I\'ve heard many times that I should avoid flash for my website. Yet no one has told me a good reason for this. I\'ve searched for reasons and I see many that are not true (such

Answer 1

Flash is annoying because:

• Users have to have the plugin
• Context menus don't work right (you get the Flash context menu instead of the browser's)
• Mouse gestures fail when started over a Flash object

For audio, I'd say Flash is probably the best cross-platform method though. If you're really hardcore, you could nest it inside an tag, so that people with a non-IE browser don't need Flash. I believe it works something like:

Any browser that understands the tag should ignore anything inside it.

Disclaimer: It's probably not worth the effort. Everyone has Flash, and as long as you're not using it for your layout, you should be fine.