Still like Flash intros?
Posted: March 23rd, 2007 | Author: dotblack | Filed under: Micro-Sites, Web-Design | 3 Comments »As you know long ago we had the Intro concepts and every business would ask you to animate an intro for their website first hand and then think about their website, that was long ago. Occasionally I find Intros here and there, some on Microsites and some on business websites. I’d understand a cool animation before launching microsites, but before opening a business website?
An extra click, obviously!
You dial a web address and get presented an animation with a “Skip Intro” button. Two scenarios, one: you have to wait for the movie to load and wait till it ends so that you can go to the website, two: you click on “Skip Intro”.
What is a business website? Isn’t it to introduce itself and its products/services? Now, with an intro you actually are trying to Intro Intro the site, no that wasn’t a typo! Introducing a business with a website that by itself is introduced by an intro at first. What a waste!
Intros in Microsites
Since microsites are actually interactive and mostly animated, there’s no need for intros, it’s a norm that you’re going to introduce a product/service or something so a Microsite is all about introducing and interacting, so is there a need to call for an intro or a skip intro button? IMHO, no!
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Flash intros – all splash pages – rarely add anything of value to a site, in my view, and are usually just a waste or resources to develop.
I couldn’t agree more, those flash intros in business sites feel soooo 2002 – it adds no value whatsoever to the sites, and annoy users. The only worse than having a Flash Intro is having one without the “Skip Intro” link.
Some splash pages are nice but most of the screens are useless I like intro sometimes but only when I watch movie trailer websites