Google's getting better at indexing Flash sites

Cool, I have steered clear of flash for a lot of reasons, and this is one of them (the other is that I am old school and don't "get it").

Search engine issues isn't the only reason my site is HTML. 

The biggest issue for me is speed.  I don't want visitors looking at a "Loading..........still loading......ok, almost done......done......" before they get to one of my sites.  There's been research done that site visitors start forming opinions of a site within milliseconds, and for a Flash site that takes whole seconds before anything is visible on broadband that can be detrimental. 

The other problem I have is that it seems like every photographer with a Flash site has music playing on it; and I hate music, or really any sounds; playing on a website - unless it's a game of course  

My site has flash but very little and its fast. And if you don't have flash you pretty much don't miss anything.

I heard that you've got about seven seconds to "hook" someone before they browse away.