Is Flash the way forward?

[engine]

With so many sites employing Flash, can gif-based graphics on a site ever impress?

From an SEO point of view, Flash is a nightmare.
From a design point of view, Flash solves all the problems of graphics delivery.
From a surfers point of view, are they really bothered?

What are your views on creating a balance to achieve the ultimate site?

[tigger]

very nice, but have you seen what is offered if you dont have the flash plug in? it would be interesting to see how well they carry that site of in html

The music I did find a tad annoying, while on the subjuect of music, anyone know of any sites that offer, free if possible intro music it's for this flash intro I'm working on soon

[knighty]

For anything Flash related I always use www.flashkit.com

typo edited by mivox

[tigger]

came across this site recently [gabocorp.com...] not much you can say just sit back and wish one day I could produce something like that.

[theperlyking]

Wow I like the flash at the aamertaher.com url, but while it looks great theres no HTML option. More pretty than practical :)