Never again. (Image courtesy of Fantasy Interactive)This is slightly old, but the failed experiment of MTV.com as a completely Flash site is over. The site was a disaster from the start and it was painful to see Flash (as well as online advertising) so blatantly abused. Many folks on the internet were quite vocal about their disagreement with the direction towards Flash and bid the old MTV.com a not-so-fond farewell when it finally died. I still remember seeing it for the first time and having the load-times, performance and amount of ads just blow my mind. I am not a fan of MTV in general, so the move pretty much solidified what was already a great amount of animosity towards the brand. That site will most likely go down as one of the worst high-profile Flash sites of this decade. Let this all be a lesson to us…
Ironically, I personally think the new version of MTV.com is not too hot either. It gives me a kind of MySpace meets music vibe – but perhaps that is just me.
