This article is about some of the things users hate most about websites.  On the list are the usual things like obtrusive ads and difficult navigation, but one additional thing they talked about was the use of Flash animations.  "Flash animations are an obvious, yet stellar, example of what users hate in a Web site; the skip intro button is the most used button on the Internet."  Amen to that!  Websites that use Flash as a means to display data are often slow, difficult to navigate, and just plain annoying.  Most movie and band websites consist of a ridiculously small amount of content and an abundance of animation, sound, video, and nonsense.  If a website needs to show a "XX%" for how much has been downloaded, it's definitely not worth my time.  (via Digg)