Peter Michaels Allen

Flash is the quagmire of web design as it is often abused or inadequately planned. In design, do not use a hammer when a screwdriver will do.

Credits: Flash Design, ActionScript Development

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My philosophy when evaluating technology for a design solution is to use the most accessible option balanced by the desired style and tempered by your user audience.

Use CSS over Javascript, use Javascript over Flash; and when you use Flash, make sure the element is part of the design and not “the project”. For this work, I wanted to create an image rotator that did more than simply fade out - to do something that was only possible in Flash and not in a jQuery plug in.

This “Wheel of Fortune” / “I Heart Huckabees” inspired background header was the result.