# Community oriented Site - Flash or Not?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/community-oriented-site-flash-or-not/203969>\
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**Created:** [October 16, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/community-oriented-site-flash-or-not/203969 "2006-10-16T03:24:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![StarXploser](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/starxploser/32/875_2.png) [@StarXploser](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/StarXploser)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/community-oriented-site-flash-or-not/203969/1 "2006-10-16T03:24:04Z")

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Hello people,

I’m about to start a pretty big project. I’m still in the planning phase right now. I’d like to hear your opinion. I want to make a site that will be community oriented. It will have all the basic stuff like: share photos and videos, about you… etc.  
My designer wants to use flash for this project. I love flash and I’m pretty sure I could create the site with it. However, I don’t know whether I should stick with AJAX and use flash here and there, instead of making everything in Flash. One clear advantage i see is that I won’t have to deal with the way the site is displayed across different browsers and OS. My biggest concern is the management/maintenance part of the site. Would it be more work with flash?  
What about security?

I’d like to hear what you guys have to say.