What is so evil about a Flash based website?

Question

I have the feeling that Flash-based ( or Silverlight-based) websites are generally frowned upon, except when you are creating games or multimedia-content rich applications.

Answer 1

Flash and Silverlight based sites typically go against basic Internet conventions with their closed models.

For example, most Flash & Silverlight based sites:

• Ignore the back/fwd button.
• Don't allow you to send anyone a URL to a specific place on the site, or bookmark a specific spot for later via your browser
• Place the internet in a fixed size box. No dynamic sizing for wider monitors or higher resolutions.