| Ever remember your first kiss? Most of us | | | | It could be a Flash banner ad, or a Flash |
| stumbled into the world of kissing sometime | | | | company logo. These Flash "movies" download |
| in adolescence without much instruction, if | | | | really quickly due to their small file size, |
| any. Sure, we stumbled, but it was worth it. | | | | and can do pretty flashy things.Sometimes an |
| And eventually we found our way, we hit our | | | | entire website will be made in Flash, which |
| stride, and we knew how to kiss.Then, | | | | usually means it will take longer to download |
| suddenly, something turned our world upside | | | | than a normal website. So when people make an |
| down - someone laid a French kiss on us. And | | | | entire website in Flash, they'll often offer |
| one thing was for sure - French kissing was | | | | a non-Flash version of the site (e.g., |
| kissing, yet different.That's what Flash is | | | | Hollywood movie websites often have Flash and |
| like.We probably don't encounter Flash the | | | | non-Flash version of their websites).Flash is |
| first time we browse around on the Web. In | | | | so different from usual content on the Web |
| fact, most of us get used to good old | | | | that your browser won't know what to do with |
| webpages - how they look, how they react, | | | | it unless you've downloaded the Flash plug-in |
| what they do. And just when we think we got | | | | first.And that's why Flash is like French |
| this Web thing figured out - wham! - we come | | | | kissing.You can download the Flash plug in |
| across a Flash-based website, or even just | | | | here: |
| some funky part of a normal webpage that's | | | | |
| Flash-based. And we notice certain | | | | (c) Grant Pasay 2005. All rights reserved. |
| things:· Maybe things moving around, | | | | |
| fast!· Maybe interactive things, almost | | | | You may forward this article in its entirety |
| like a little movie you get to control· | | | | (including author bio/links) to anyone you |
| Maybe video or sound· Maybe it just seems | | | | wish.Grant Pasay is a professional website |
| pretty dynamic for a webpageThat's Flash, and | | | | copywriter, advertising copywriter, and SEO |
| that's just the tip of it. Flash is a program | | | | copywriter serving clients in Vancouver, BC |
| for creating all kinds of things, but mostly | | | | and everywhere. Grant is also the author of |
| it's used for making "movies" that people | | | | the FREE e-book, "The Internet Is Like A |
| drop into various parts of normal webpages. | | | | Refrigerator. |