korkus2000 - 4:51 pm on Feb 21, 2003 (gmt 0)

I think the point being made here is that what a customer wants and needs are usually two different things. I know many sites that get the traffic of these big Flash sites because the big brand doesn't rank well. Large corps are usually too arrogent to think people don't just know the brand and type it in directly.

I don't think these designers are not good at what they do, but all sites and designs can be made stronger. It is always good no matter who you are to reevaluate your design and marketing. I think a lot of these sites could be made stronger using a mix of technology and some usability testing.

I have designed sites for some fortune 500 companies. Does that make my choice of technology have anymore weight? All it says is that the salesmen were good. If all the graphic designers praise a site so what. I think what matters is ROI. Can these sites, except designers sites, proove that they had an increase in revenue for adding the site. I say with a Flash HTML mixed, usable, accessable, and SE freindly site will destroy an all Flash site in revenue generation any day. Of course this is all my humble opinion. :)

I like the choppingblock site, but again the words need to be bigger.