[undefined-1]

> a godsend for those of us who have bosses that want the app, "flashy"

I think that's part of the problem. Clients and bosses often don't know what they are doing and have really bad ideas about "spicing up the website."

It's the new version of what was formerly done with <marquee> and <blink> tags and DHTML.[1]

[1] http://dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex3/snow.htm

[jordan801]

The reality is that we're at the mercy of clients and bosses, and I don't see that changing. Every once in awhile someone will come along that realizes they have hired professionals, and trust the professionals to their job. But that's about 1 in 10, in my experience.

[undefined-1]

It's also the professional's job to convince the boss why their ideas are bad. "This is considered animation spam." or "This is considered a bad practice, but this other way is more effective." or "Our tests have shown that users are annoyed by X."

It doesn't always work, but sometimes it does.