why not flash?

A lot of photographers make good use of flash based websites, but I’ve decided against it. Why? I want to make it easy for people to bookmark one individual picture, something that doesn’t work in flash to my knowledge. I am looking into it however, and if anyone out there knows how to do it, let me know. The advantage of flash, I feel, is its ability to display images fairly uniformly across most browsers, and the high quality of it’s display.

Comments 3

  1. harrycw wrote:

    Hi Dave,
    I agree…I’ve never been fond of Flash for viewing photographs as I feel that it’s not really a stills photography medium. It appears somehow to be less in one’s control when compared to html based sites. Also the bookmarks point is crucial. I mark alot of pictures using bookmarks and can’t do that individually with flash. Also I think that as a viewer you are aware of the embedded quality of a photograph within flash…and I don’t like that.
    Nice mate…
    H

    Posted 09 Feb 2007 at 11:40 am
  2. Tas wrote:

    I know what you’re saying re bookmarks. I use a simple screen capture program to grab images from flash sites.

    Posted 10 Feb 2007 at 6:49 pm
  3. Michel wrote:

    I don’t like Flash, either:)

    You cannot send a link to a specific photo to a friend, for example. Plain ol’ HTML, CSS and images are best for showing one’s photography — or so I believe… :)

    (First time, btw, I enjoyed a lot of your photos in /zenphoto :)

    Cheers!

    Posted 07 Mar 2008 at 10:57 am