Sep
2
Splash is Dead
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Splash pages are dead, well mostly dead anyway. In 1999 I wrote an article for Web Techniques magazine called “Web Sites That Really Make a Splash” (July 1999). In it I talked about the appropriate and inappropriate uses of splash pages. By a splash page I mean a “cover” page for a site that leads into a home page where links into the rest of the site are found. Splash pages typically use animations, sound clips, and perhaps animated tag lines. If the first page on a site has a “skip intro” link, it’s a splash page. In the article, one of the appropriate instances for using a splash page was for a design company (like yours and mine) to show creativity. In fact I would venture to guess that most of you reading this newsletter currently use a splash page on your site. I hope, without ruffling too many feathers, I can persuade you that splash is now dead.