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What is Flash?
Flash is a product by Macromedia that creates vector-based
animations.
Flash is the award winning design tool for multimedia
and animation on the Web.
Everything from simple banner ads to standalone Web sites
can be created using Flash.
Flash allows you to add interactivity and animation to
your web site while maintaining quick download times.
Flash files are small because they are vector based (shapes
and letters are defined by mathematical formulas)
as opposed to pixel based animated gifs such as most banner
advertisements.
Advantages
of Flash:
Flash brings the web experience closer to that
of a CD-ROM with better graphics, sound and animation
than has previously been possible on the Web with smoother
animations than animated gifs.
A recent survey shows that 89% of browsers have Flash
Players pre-installed, and all versions of browsers post
Windows 98 and Mac OS 8.x have Flash Plug-Ins pre-installed.
Macromedia keeps up-to-date statistics showing the market
penetration of Flash Players.
Macromedia’s plug-in download site is smart, fast,
and easy to use, eliminating installation frustrations.
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WHY WE
SAY " YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD
HAVE AN ONLINE PRESENCE"
(Extract
from C.S.O.)
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An estimated 576,000
households (or 42.3%)
have a home computer.
This is more than twice the 1998
figure of 228,500
(or 18.6%).
• The
number of homes with internet connections increased
from 61,100 in 1998 to 458,000
in 2003.
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An estimated 1,356,600
people aged 16 to 74 have used a computer at some
time while almost 1,100,000
have used the internet.
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About 660,000
people use a computer every day.
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Just under 340,000
people in Ireland use the internet every day. |
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