Flash vs Gif

[moonstar]

Hi,
I'm working on some generators at the moment, and need to get a clearer picture of which sites allow what. This boils down to choices between animated .gif and flash.

I searched the forums a bit, but haven't seen any list of what the restrictions are on each site, so I thought I would start one here and see how far off I am with it!

Just focusing on the big sites really, at least in terms of worldwide traffic:-

Myspace

Flash: Yes, but Flash comments need to be approved by user, if not whitelisted by the site
Gif: Yes

Facebook

Flash: Needs to be affiliated with the site
Gif: Only non-animated

Orkut

Flash: Yes, as scraps ?
Gif: Yes, as scraps

Hi5

Flash: Needs to be whitelisted by the site
Gif: Yes

Friendster

Flash: Yes
Gif: Yes

Xanga

Flash: Yes ?
Gif: Yes ?

Piczo

Flash: ?
Gif: Yes ?

Bebo

Flash: Needs to be affiliated with the site
Gif: Yes, cuts it down to first few frames however

Skyrock

Flash: ?
Gif: Yes


I'm sure there are lots of errors and omissions here, would appreciate any opinions on it.
Thanks

[nsmchris]

I've never really taken the time to see which of the smaller tier networks support flash. If you want your flash to work in orkut, you have to use <embed></embed> whereas the other networks work with the correct syntax of <embed />

[moonstar]

Ok thanks for the tip (Y)

Does anyone think it's still worth doing .gif (text) generators.. ? :online2long:

[misterproline]

Do it up, I'll buy.

[mawt]

Ok thanks for the tip (Y)

Does anyone think it's still worth doing .gif (text) generators.. ? :online2long:

Yeah. I still like them because the users can save them to their computer and send them to each other etc easier. Well- i my opinion.