well I guess I would have to disagree with my good mate JD (Leovenous) on this one
Flash IMO really does not have a place much this days, lets all face it, once you see a preloader or something flying around a screen - what do you do...well I kill it, and everyone I have every spoke to regarding this also kills it.
The only people who actually think its great is
1. The person whos site it is
2. The person who is making the site
But ask the average visitor and all they want is to get to the site, find out the infomation quickly and easy, and either buy something and then get out...unless of course its a forum based area where people do what we do here.
dawn - I would really consider you site, we have been doing web design for years now and flash based sites are really not used often now...its totally unessesery, but at the end of the day its your choice
but if you are going to use flash then make it small / static and tidy
regards
kevin