On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:42:03 -0700, cwdjrxyz wrote:

> Many
> large sites have replaced Windows, Real, and QT formats with it because
> it will play on most modern computers and has many other advantages.
> Videos on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, YouTube, etc now usually are in this
> format.

The flash format is an abomination, a security hazard, an advertiser's
dream, and a web surfer's nightmare. Flash keeps its own (pretty much
secret) cookie stash of where you visit, does not respect portable
standards, has no "off switch" in the browser (and never will because it
is primarily supported by advertisers who use flash to force animation on
web browsers that otherwise have it turned off), and should not be used
except in special cases (of which this is not one). It should absolutely
never be used on the opening page of a site.

All IMHO of course, but please reconsider! There are -much- better ways
of accomplishing most of what flash does (for example, animated .gif for
a slide show)

Jose