To expound on this:
Web Designers aren't running around in a vacuum creating websites, they're doing it at the behest of some higher (usually corporate) power. Rather than rag on why the designers aren't building standards compliant sites, maybe we should ask why more organizations aren't setting standards compliance as the defacto rule for their web presence.
As for flash, it's just like the force: it can be used for good or for evil. I like to think that designers (myself included) prefer things which display consistently and precisely. Flash seems to do this pretty well. Not to mention the "wow" factor (read: $$$$) you can get from a client for a really slick piece of.SWF. Web Design in the business world is often delegated to the PR department. Why should we be surprised to see it being used as a PR tool in the majority of cases?
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To expound on this: Web Designers aren't running around in a vacuum creating websites, they're doing it at the behest of some higher (usually corporate) power. Rather than rag on why the designers aren't building standards compliant sites, maybe we should ask why more organizations aren't setting standards compliance as the defacto rule for their web presence. As for flash, it's just like the force: it can be used for good or for evil. I like to think that designers (myself included) prefer things which display consistently and precisely. Flash seems to do this pretty well. Not to mention the "wow" factor (read: $$$$) you can get from a client for a really slick piece of .SWF. Web Design in the business world is often delegated to the PR department. Why should we be surprised to see it being used as a PR tool in the majority of cases?