Some Random Dude

Some Random Dude is a blog by P.J. Onori that covers design & technology in the broadest sense possible.

Archive for December, 2006

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Your Thoughts

I have a relatively large post coming tomorrow, so I thought now would be as good of a time to do this as any. With this year almost at an end, I thought now would be an appropriate time to express your thoughts on how this blog could improve for 2007. 2006 brought quite a few major alterations/additions to this site and I still have quite a few changes still in the queue. Still, I would like to hear from you as I am always wondering if I am missing something obvious.

Any area of the blog is open game. What do you think of the Comment Love feature? Are the weekly links or designing good segments worth while? Are there any topics I should be writing about that I have seemed to ignore? Please, comment early and often – tell me what you think and be as brutally honest as possible.

Anti-Flash Standardistas – You’re Cutting Off Your Nose to Spite Your Face

The more I read attacks on Flash, the more I end up shaking my head in confusion. Honestly, I am a little surprised this is still being debated. People, we need to get over this. Before I elaborate further, I want to make clear my support for web standards, usability and accessibility. Additionally, I understand the concern with Flash – it is not as easy to make accessible compared to HTML/CSS, it has, and continues, to be used for some really stupid things, etc., etc., etc. We have all been down that road, we have heard the arguments. That being said, standardistas: you are fighting a losing battle, and on top of it, a battle not worth fighting. Flash is about as standards-friendly as any media plug-in there is. For each bad use of Flash, there are hundreds being used well. Lastly, and more importantly, it is changing what we can do on a browser and how our generation accesses media. Please, for everyone’s sake, stop griping about Flash and start educating people on how it can be used more effectively with standards and accessibility in mind.
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