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

I think it's a matter of selecting the lowest cost medium to reach your target audience, be it Flash or Silverlight or JavaScript or plain text.

You can have text-only, JavaScript-only, etc. versions of your site if you have the money, and your target audience come with different prioritizes.

So my question to you would be: does your website has people who frown on Flash as its target audience? If yes, you need to stay away from it. If not, use anything to give your visitors a good experience.