Animated images and Java applet are often used to create dynamic effects on Web pages.

The advantages of Flash are as follows:

• Flash loads much faster than animated image
• Flash allows interactivity, animated images do not allow.
• Flash does not require programming skill, java applets do

In flash you can create unique text, movies, animations,web applications, games and more. Although flash is somewhat more complex than traditional web development technologies like CSS and HTML, this tutorial will give you the basics you need to immediately get started with designing your own flash projects

With flash you can entertain your user like never before. Your web site can transform from a bland text based web site into graphical playground. Many companies that are based primarily on image and appearance have flash web site to help show their company in the best light.

If you are designing a site that you want to rank well in search engine, chances are a pure flash design will not be beneficial to you. Although search engines are getting better all the time, they still have trouble spidering and gathering information from flash site. This difficulty usually results in flash page performing below that of normal text based HTML web sites.

Not everyone has the Macromedia Flash player installed, so it is a possibility that you will alienate some of your potential to audience if you go with a pure flash design. Often web developers will create two sites: flash and normal HTML to prevent losing any visitors.

Flash can also be very computationally intensive making animation and videos look great on your top of the line computer, but visitors with older technology may only see a choppy, slugglish slideshow that leaves them with a bad feeling.

Before you continue you should have some basic understanding of the following language:

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