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December 13, 2007 at 11:54 am

(1) Naj Rellim says:

I use splash pages when I need a language splitter. That way, the visitor gets to see the entire home page in the appropriate language instead having to see the site in the undesired language and then having to hunt for the “change language” button.

December 13, 2007 at 1:38 pm

(2) Keith says:

One of the biggest issues I’ve found when taking over sites that had splash pages (either html or Flash) is that they go a long way to preventing a site ranking well in search engines. on many occasions, particularly ‘Flash Splashes’ could be effectively included in a fully functional home page and still put thier message across.

I wonder how many splash screens have been created so that a designer can show how good they are and not because it’s the best way to put a client’s message across.

Anyway, enough of my Flash Splash rant… )

December 14, 2007 at 8:13 am

(3) Leigh says:

I agree with the previous comment. Many designers I believe will encourange a Flash splash page to ’showcase’ their skills. I have also found that many of my clients want Flash splash pages for no reason - just because they think it looks cool. I try to discourage them

December 14, 2007 at 8:38 am

(4) Lindsay says:

I don’t mind HTML/XML-based splash pages when they serve a purpose - as mentioned above, language selection is a good one (I think Wikipedia, for one, does this well). I avoid Flash in particular because my organization is behind a proxy with pretty hefty filters installed, and all Flash content simply disappears before it gets to the user, making the splash completely useless. Worse, if the designer hasn’t included an HTML/XML skip link somewhere on the page, then not only is the splash page useless, it’s broken my ability to get to any content at all.

December 14, 2007 at 3:21 pm

(5) Timpatco says:

Perhaps whether or not “I” like them is statistically irerelevent. What is relevent IMHO, is the presumption that perople will want to watch your brand new “wind up toy” running. Car companies are notoroious repeat offenders in this regard. By all means have your “wind up toy” selectable inside, but to assume vistors want “IT” in their face is preumptuous to the point of absurdity,

December 18, 2007 at 2:47 pm

(6) Chris says:

I hate flash. I never use it to show content. I erased it from my main broser profile, so i surf faster, not only because of the bandwith, but because of flash simply makes computers work slowly. The good thing is that uninstalling flash I haven’t lost much. The great amount of flash files in the web are publicity.