Your personal feelings towards these types of sites does not reality make.
I've seen plenty of well done, flashy, java-ed sites

You mean my opinion doesn't control the world?

Yes, flash and java have their place. Just not on the front page. Of
anything. So often I got to a movie home page and it's flashed to the
hilt; I just skip it. I want to (say) read a synopsis, not watch a PR
piece on the movie company (and when I do want to watch a trailer, I'm
happy to click the "trailer" button and do the flash thing if that's
what it takes)

A side-line of by business is web design. The site owners - my customer -
sees the flashy stuff out there and wants it. My designers must accommodate
the customer's wishes. [...]
the customer wants flashy stuff sometimes and flashy stuff is what he will
get.

.... and that's what I'm saying. It's all about the business owner, or
client, not about the visitor.

Jose
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