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

Main reasons for me:

1. Flash sites tend to be slower for me (running on a mac) and I've found some sites (hotels in particular), where I was totally unable to access some of the functionality.

2. I've noticed recently that more and more flash items on pages seem to be throwing errors (I have Adobe flex installed at work, and get a prompt to debug it). The latest version seems to be a bit shaky.