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+  From: Architexturez-IN <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+  Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:23:41 +0530
You’re in a hurry. All you need is the phone number of a business contact. So you go for the quickest, easiest source – the web. Only, when you arrive at the company’s homepage, instead of instant information, an egg timer symbol appears with the words “Loading … 20% … 35%.”

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Architects and developers appear to be the worst offenders. Their websites have spectacular graphics that show off buildings with 3D animations, interactive floorplans and virtual fly-throughs. There are also quirky homepages, not to mention video clips and photo galleries. The software responsible for much of this wizardry is called Flash. It all looks amazing, but how practical are these sites?

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http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3109211&origin=bldgqsnewsnewsletter

Top 25 architect websites: Flash blindness:
http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3105126

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