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SixApart, the company behind the leading blog platform MoveableType has just launched a redesign of their corporate website.

The first thing I noticed, because I run a Flash-blocker for Firefox is that all of the paragraph headers are actually Flash files containing static text.

I always seem to be a bit behind the curve on some design approaches, so help me out here - what’s the advantage of this?  I’m assuming a better looking text presentation is one reason - but typically designers will create simple .JPG or .GIF images of text to achieve that.  What does Flash bring to the table?

“Your average Web site is an unattractive, unorganized shell full of disconnected thoughts, filler and marketing spiel.” Article Link >>

“Corporates need to think twice before using Firefox because it has repeatedly been targeted by worms and viruses. That is the reason why it cannot compete with the Internet Explorer.”  Article Link >>