Is there anything more annoying than visiting a website on your phone and seeing that “you need Flash” message? Why do brands and companies choose to cut out the mobile market by making Flash-only sites?? Makes me nuts. One day, most of the mobile devices will play Flash (maybe not so much for iPhone/iPad), but until that day, show that you care about the people going to your website on their smart phones.
I can’t count the number of times I’ve looked up an address on my phone by going to the company’s website, and then being left in limbo with the Download Flash nonsense. Either choose a platform that works across all devices (like HTML/jQuery) or make versions of your site for the devices (desktop & mobile). As the web moves toward the device-in-the-hand, sites really need to work on those devices.
Can’t wait until HTML5 is the norm.
