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Flash VS JavaScript Websites

I was thinking that it might be a good idea to put some awesome Flash and JavaScript based websites and see what is the difference between them. I am talking about things such as loading time, effects, speed and browser comparabilities. I am not going to comment every single website because they are all different and they all have some really good effects.

This post is also really good for inspiration. Hopefully after this post you will be able to see what is the different between creating a website with Flash and JavaScript and mabey help you decide how to design yours.

 

Top JavaScript Websites

 

Terredevenements - JavaScript

Url: http://www.terredevenements.com/en/

 

Labs.Dragoninteractive

Url: http://labs.dragoninteractive.com/

 

Lewiswebber

Url: http://lewiswebber.com/

 

Presseshop Petershagen

Url: http://www.presseshop-petershagen.de/

 

Toxicmedia BG

Url: http://www.toxicmedia.bg/en/

 

Choosa

Url: http://www.choosa.net/en/pricing

 

Deepdarkrobot

Url: http://deepdarkrobot.com/

 

Fatorcriativo

Url: http://www.fatorcriativo.com.br

 

Webleeddesign

Url: http://www.webleeddesign.com/

 

Pojeta

Url: http://www.pojeta.cz/

 

 

Top Flash Websites

 

Wechoosethemoon

Url: http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/

 

Mono

Url: http://mono-1.com/monoface/main.html

 

Waterlife

Url: http://waterlife.nfb.ca/

 

Syfy

Url: http://www.syfy.com/tinman/oz/

 

Agencynet

Url: http://www.agencynet.com/

 

Gettheglass

Url: http://www.gettheglass.com/

 

Gt3creative

Url: http://gt3creative.com/

 

Therelapse - Eminem

Url: http://www.therelapse.com

 

Conclusion

Both technologies require pretty good skills - coding and design. I personally think that Flash websites are a lot more attractive and JavaScript can not reach the high level of effect that flash does. As you can see the difference between the quality of effect is huge! That does not make the JavaScript websites bad! I can think of only three reasons at the moment why the people that created the JavaScript didn't use Flash.

1. They don`t know how to use flash.
2. Mobile comparabilities.
3. Flash is expensive software.

The annoying thing about the flash websites is that every time I open a page it has to load new windows like all normal html pages and it could be a bit annoying with all the JavaScript effects that the website has. That could be sorted out easy with some Ajax programing.

Thanks for reading!

Edit: I have tested most of the websites above with few browsers and most of the JavaScript websites fail because the effects don`t show and some images look horrible.  Another thing I have noticed is that the JavaScript websites are not very good on mobile phones.