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title: "Why is Flash so bad?"
url: https://www.simonwakeman.com/blog/2006/05/01/drawbacks-for-using-flash/
description: "Consultant and fractional COO for scale-up businesses. I help founders, leaders and investors in scaling businesses create sustainably high performing organisations."
published: 2006-05-02T03:44:00+00:00
modified: 2026-04-11T16:25:34+00:00
author: Simon Wakeman
---
# Why is Flash so bad?

## Why is Flash so bad?

Found a good summary of why building your site mostly or all in Flash is a bad idea: [courtesy of Pigsaw](http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331).

Yet still mistakes are made by big businesses that should know better. Most recently [River Island](http://www.riverisland.co.uk):

[www.netimperative.com](http://www.netimperative.com/2006/02/27/River_Island)  
[www.accessifyforum.com](http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4735&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=424283c760dca3f4455e2e0216c6c7cf)  
[www.othermedia.com](http://www.othermedia.com/industry/river-island-sells-v-neck-jumpers-online-but-you-would-never-know-it-from-google,162,TA.html)  
[www.bigshinything.com](http://www.bigshinything.com/flash-makes-you-invisible)  
[and many more…](http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=river++island++flash++accessibility)