| If you want to really grab the attention of web | | | | If you're not one of the computer-savvy website |
| surfers poking around on web sites, you need a | | | | builders out in the realm of the World Wide Web, |
| powerful intro page- one that will keep potential | | | | or a presentation developer at a Fortune 500 |
| customers coming back for more. You need a | | | | company, think about this: Over 90% of all |
| Flash intro to your site! | | | | computers in the world have Flash Player installed |
| Have you ever seen a scary movie from the | | | | in them to adequately view websites and other |
| 1950's, complete with the most pathetic special | | | | mediums that incorporate Flash into their pages. |
| effects ever created? You know the ones that | | | | This means that there is an obvious demand for |
| I'm talking about, they have flying saucers from | | | | this cartoony type of animation, and the demand |
| outer space that were crafted by gluing a camera | | | | is only going to increase. |
| lens cap to fishing line and dangling it in front of | | | | Keeping all of this in mind, sales representatives |
| the movie camera. Now imagine the exact same | | | | find that using Flash intros to highlight the features |
| movie made with today's computer generated | | | | of their products or brand, which encourages the |
| images and other special effects. That's pretty | | | | customers to stay focused on the positives. |
| much the difference between a plain introduction | | | | Usually this works out well for the sales reps, for |
| web page using basic HTML and a Flash intro. | | | | their customers usually get quite engaged in the |
| In the simplest terms available, having a Flash | | | | presentation. |
| intro to your website is popular because it's not | | | | Other uses for Flash: Flash creates an interesting |
| boring. If you had never seen a Flash intro, you | | | | array of websites and animation with ActionScript |
| would be completely "Wowed!" by it. If all you had | | | | (a computer program language), and has done so |
| ever seen was a Flash intro, and saw a plain | | | | since the beginning days of Flash 2. Vectors and |
| HTML intro, you might not laugh at it (like you'd | | | | raster graphics add to the versatility of the |
| probably chuckle at the effects of a 1950's sci-fi | | | | program, aiding in the creation of a more |
| movie), but you might not frequent that site as | | | | interactive experience for all who choose to view |
| often as you would a site with the latest Flash | | | | or create with it. Flash is saved under .swf (small |
| software. Why not? Because it's just not as | | | | web file) filing extensions. |
| entertaining (or as much fun), that's why! | | | | |