Flashkit's site 2004

[aversion]

Originally posted by Bokkie
Not much people have voted!

BOK

so far about 0.011% of members have voted!

:S

[aversion]

just over an hour to go, in the event of a tie I'll my vote.

[abound]

Come on, it takes 2 fricken seconds. Its not like you have to stand in line for hours to cast a vote for one of two monkeys

[aversion]

Thanks all who voted, FI is FK's site of 2004.

Cheers

[abound]

Im glad to hear this, they deserve the recognition.

Dare I say that 2A has been de-throned as the most talked about??

[asun2art]

Originally posted by flashab
456 views and only 46 votes

[mr. freak]

How does one pronounce "wellvetted?"

Is it all separated like "Well Vetted" or does it sound more like "velvetted?" (you know, like covered in velvet).

[gecko2]

Looks like I'll need some ketchup.

If I hadn't of voted Tokyoplastic it would of been FI.

I don't know what the big deal eith Soleil Noir is.

[FI]

only 4 votes for RR? jeez thanks anyway.

[abound]

Originally posted by FI
only 4 votes for RR? jeez thanks anyway.

Who cares, the FI site ****in owns

RR was tight last year, its like the academy awards, no one remembers all the good movies from that first week of January.

[villain2]

Well, like I said earlier, the RR.com site was more 2003 than 2004. Plus, I think it takes a little digging to find out how innovative that site is.

For those who don't know:
- Using xml feeds in flash isn't easy
- Using a google search in flash is damn near impossible
- Getting those dynamic feeds for video takes a lot of work (still not sure how that's done since the videos aren't .flv files and use RealPlayer)
- There's a great deal of sharedObject actionscripting going on
- The design is very fresh
- There are loads of content there
- Just getting the feeds they get from AP, CNN etc. etc. for VIDEO, and then being able to impliment it, is simply astounding


So yes, rr.com is amazing ... but it came out in 2003

Don't be upset, I still voted for fantasy-interactive.com ... mainly because it does something else amazing, makes flash pages that are functional like html pages (ie. bookmarking, back button, no need for "loading" bars etc.)

[villain2]

thinking about it I guess he means that some people think flash is a niche tool and that FI have proved its not. To which I would say that flash certainly has its uses, even for some all-flash sites, usually with presentational content, but I'd still say that it's not suitable for most types of web site's requirements. But whatever.

Well, the guy I work with is a php junkie and hates anything flash ... or any animation or "slick" stuff period.

He's said to me time and time again that it's a "niche".

As far as it being suitable for most type of web site requirements, I don't see it. The only thing it doesn't do that I wish it did was allow for uploading of documents (I'm sure there's a hack for it, but I digress).

It doesn't cover ALL web functions, and in some cases it's better to use other options to make certain website functions. But for displaying content, displaying video (in page), allowing for more visually engaging motion, animation, music, and so on and so forth, it does it better than anything else.

The dynamic content thing is about the fact that most flash sites don't use it. So, people think it can't.

Again, hybrid sites are where it should be at. If I can make a more stimulating front end in flash than with html/php/asp then I'll go for it. If I want to make an admin form, create doc trees etc., I'll use php.