is this usage of flash acceptable?
 

i posted a thread earlier inquiring about whether or not i should use flash.. well i decided to go ahead n' see how it'd turn out... i think it came out pretty well, size is only 20 kb (which is basically what it'd be if it were straigh out html), and the animation isn't annoying or anything.

http://dreamache.com/bodygain/html/newhtml/

hover over the "CHART" icon, the rest might have that info displayed like that...

opinions... oh.. also, in flash 7 theres an option to make it so that when you right click a button, it WILL popup the normal HTML link menu (Open in New Window, etc).. so it will basically function exactly like normal html would except better :)

this site looks wicked man! I like it a lot!
lemme know when it launches :thumbsup

Loads fast :thumbsup

Sexy flash :) I must say.

what he said

That looks really nice man.

not too shabby :thumbsup

Go for it :thumbsup

will do! sometime in febuary :)

GS: I really like it bro. Slick and clean. Not to mention ultra fast load.

Go with it. It works!

Hear hear! I like that a lot

Very NICE bro!

looks good to me. not too much, but enough to hold your attention

Looks great.

Looks good, you know your flash!

Anyone who doesn't agree, just check out the flash on the swiftco page, 100% galleryseek

You could do this same thing appearance wise using HTML/CSS and gifs. Even having the info displayed below the buttons can be done with CSS.

There are very few legit needs for Flash, and this ain't one of them. This is important in your case since your target audiance for a site like this isn't going to have Flash installed 100% of the time.

But it does look good so far....

yeah, what i think im going to do is have the page load by default with a normal css/html optimized menu.. and also have a "Turn Flash On" button at the top..cause i love flash.. then once they click it'll switch the navigation to flash.