I see you are visiting my website. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rick Kuipers, as you might have noticed, and I create websites. My goal is to make it simple and accessible for the visitors and open for the owners.
Most websites look good, but aren't editable by their owners. They would have to message their webmasters in order to edit something. Every website I make comes with an Administration Panel that gives you access to everything you need: edit your content, change the title, edit the navigation and anything else that is visible towards your visitors.
Keeping a website simple doesn't mean it will be ugly or boring. You can have a very creative, accessible, animated and dynamic website in one. Like this one! It's animated, yet incredibly easy to navigate through.
I usually use Flash to create an animated banner or navigation, but it depends on the targeted group. Sometimes it is just better to decrease the page's loading time and avoid having confused visitors.