35 Professionally Made Flash Websites for Your Inspiration
Tina Zennand
Since Flash came into our life, there have always been “two camps”: Flash-lovers and Flash-haters. All of the “lovers” and “haters” have their own reasons of loving or hating it. As for me, all the disputes on this theme have no sense, until we’ve got a really worthy substitute for Flash.
There are tons of information written on the subjects “to use or not to use…”, “advantages and disadvantages…”, etc. I think it’s not the point Flash is good or bad, – it just certainly has its place – that’s it.
And the “members” of the “two camps” should understand that there is nothing to argue about. If you are a photographer or designer and you need motion, interactivity, – Flash will definitely be the right choice. If you wish to express your originality, with Flash you will achieve that. But if your website is about delivering straight up information, then CSS/(X)HTML will work good for you. In other words, HTML is great for informative websites, and Flash is perfect for creating unforgettable effects.
Since I myself am a little partial to Flash, this showcase will not be devoted to “the best HTML websites”:)
The Flash websites I have selected for this post are all professionally developed; they are not only visually attractive, but are also functionally correct, load in a few seconds and disprove most of the existing mistaken opinions as for Flash that have been spread around, i.e.:
- All Flash websites load slowly;
- All Flash websites have long loading intros;
- It’s impossible to use SWFWheel on Flash websites;
- You cannot select and copy the text content on Flash websites;
- All Flash websites have music blaring starting automatically;
- Flash websites are bad for SEO (be sure it is a myth);
- It’s impossible to use the “back” button; etc.
So, view the showcase and draw a conclusion yourself…
1. Lyndon Wade
2. Myorangebox
3. Skive
4. Achtung
5. 4060
6. Estudiocora
7. Restatemedia
8. Pabloalfieri
9. Marija Ivkovic
10. D10studio
11. Bluecollaragency
12. Pepperworks
13. Mediosyproyectos
14. Ozanakoglu
15. Meghanfredrich
16. Thomas Spiessens
17. Marcoszender
18. Carolina Garcia
19. Vanio Ivanov
20. Ian Wharton
21. Mymediaisrich
22. Workingelement
23. Superreal
24. Dikstudio
25. Christiansparrow
26. Formag
27. Grey
28. Arqandgraph
29. Ars Thanea
30. Formtroopers
31. Imnotanaddict
32. Zum Kuckuck
33. Tecknosfera
34. Jon Ruppel
35. Greydient
Of course, it doesn’t mean that the whole internet should be Flash, but without it everything would be so boring! What do you think?
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Jochem
Posted 124 days ago 10Nr 13 gives me a security error,
By the way
Very nice website , and I like youre tutorials.
Haseeb
Posted 183 days ago 9This is the best website and too much
Haseeb
Posted 183 days ago 8V best
Antara Datta
Posted 617 days ago 7Thanks for such a nice collection, being a flash developer myself I too have a fascination for flash sites and other flash stuffs, really love this collection, hope to get some more in future :)
Min Thu
Posted 623 days ago 6Such a really great collection and these sites are really inspiring!
Tim
Posted 623 days ago 5good to see people still care about great flash work in-spite of apples best efforts to make flash invisible.
Artisan Media
Posted 623 days ago 4Great collection! Here’s a site we created recently for a short film – http://www.itsneverwinter.com
Carlos Hermoso
Posted 624 days ago 3Great list featuring professional made flash websites for inspiration. Thanks for sharing this!
Stephen Knowlton
Posted 624 days ago 1Way to go guys! Stick it to Apple! :) There are plenty of things here that are just not HTML5able… stupid hype.
Speaking of not sticking it to Apple, please check out the website for the studio where I work:
http://www.redreddesign.com
I am trying to recreate a similar experience on the iPhone, but obviously have to code it in javascript. I will never complain about having to but in a measly IE6 conditional after having to rewrite whole sites :)
Dainis Graveris
Posted 624 days ago 2Hehe, thanks man! Yeah, but there are so much good things we can now achieve with HTml5,css3,javascript – i think we cannot complain!
Good work on your website though!