Like a kid with a bad homelife, Flash's problems stem from improper support and foundations by Adobe. It's hard to argue that Flash gives sites a dynamic kick in the ass to make the look and design more appealing, from an eye-candy standpoint anyway. Like all programs, tweaks and additions to Flash could make it more sensible to use from a promotional standpoint and ease of use. Here's my suggestions to Adobe:
1. Get SEO going now. This should have been done a long time ago when it was discovered Google wouldn't search in the trenches of Flash's code to get relevant information. For most people, a site is only as good as its ability to be found. Combining knowledge on how exactly Google works with a Flash file that can be read by Google properly would make Flash much more of a go-to program.
2. Have jump to pages within Flash. One of my biggest beefs with Flash is you have to enter the site from the home page. What if a potential emplyer wants to see a particular video on your site? They then have to navigate precisely. What if someone saw a great photo on your site, told a friend about it, but then the friend got frustrated trying to find the photogaphic needle in the haystack? You could potentially lose freelance work or even just the attention of someone you want because of lack of web page honing. You could make a Flash subsite (www.mysupersite.com/animation) and have a seperate Flash file for each page. This could be a chopped version of your site, by having multiple minisites like that, but then have the normal url (www.mysupersite.com) direct to a Flash file of the entire site. Until Adobe throw us a bone, its up to us to be creative and work around Flash's shortcomings.
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You go girlfriend!
Your points are palpable and significant.
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