Vanguard wrote:

>
> Some sites only provide a Flash-enabled web page because they want to
> hide how their web site is structured so some bozo with a web crawler or
> spider can't steal their web site. You'll find that you won't be able
> to visit those web sites. They may provide a non-Flash equivalent page
> but they may not. Just like it is your choice not to install and
> support Flash content, it is just as much a web site's owner choice not
> to let you steal their web site pages. So far, I haven't hit many sites
> that are Flash-only sites but I have hit some, like my own ISP's home
> page which paints a page that Flash must be installed to view their home
> page (they no longer provide a non-Flash version if the Flash detect
> fails).
>
Vanguard, from the headers of your post, you appear to use Comcast. They
do have a non-flash version of their start pages. I was there yesterday
after turning flash off, via SpywareBlaster, for testing purposes. That
is, unless my meds were cranked way too high...