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What Do You Think About Flash Now? Comment and Win
Some people hate it, some people love it, but undoubtedly it is preferred in a wide variety of situations, from banners and online videos to rich internet applications. I’m talking about Flash of course. Take the comic strip below as an example. It was animated with BannerSnack and output as a SWF file. Click to play it.
Pretty interactive, for a comic strip, huh?
But seriously, the recent conflict between Apple and Adobe brought into discussion the role (and ultimately the necessity) of Flash. What do you think about Flash content? Will Flash disappear or it will continue to strive along with other technologies such as JavaScript or HTML5? Comment and you may win a 1-year subscription to BannerSnack.
The Giveaway
Tell us what you think about Flash in the comments section and you may win one of the three 1-year BannerSnack licenses. The winners will be chosen randomly on July 9, 2010.
BannerSnack is an online application that allows non-Flash developers to create animated interactive Flash content such as banners, website headers and intros, and even microsites.
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295 Arly
September 1st, 2010 at 8:19 pm
If according to Adobe vs. Apple, I would agree with Adobe’s statement where no one can’t judge internet users to what platform they have to use for; for this case, Apple (Steve Jobs to be exact) that says he would prefer not to use Flash in his iPhones since HTML5 would be better than Flash.
Not to say that Steve Jobs is entirely false for his statement, HTML5 is indeed strong and lightweight, however Adobe Flash is totally becoming a different or unique platform indeed. If I want to assume, I would see in the future that developers could be in two ways: HTML5 developers and Flash developers. One reason is because Flash has already been there for everyone since 1996+, and later after that the Action Script has become a mature scripting language on its 3rd version which has supported Object Oriented Language, giving developers a wide range of applications in Flash instead of just being an animation tool since its first supposedly built for.
In the end Adobe Flash will have its own market for 10 - 20 years on, while HTML5 will still growing since currently not all browsers are enough to support HTML5 and it takes approximately 15 years for people to adapt on the technology, just like people adapt on AJAX techniques. In summary, I would say that Adobe Flash will wonderfully survive for 10 - 20 years in the future and still becoming the most wanted and unique platform in the market.
294 S http://www.brayonline.com
September 1st, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Flash will evolve into html5 Bray Online
293 Web Pro Fast http://webprofast.com
September 1st, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Flash is good for simple animations, like text, slideshows, WordPress file uploader, etc… The main reason I never use much Flash is my number one concern when designing is to make sure the content can be ready by search engine spiders. What’s the point of having a beautiful Flash site only to be listed #69312 of a million possible results? Plus Flash ads sometime roll across the whole screen and that is just an annoyance to be avoided at all costs.
292 Cesar Castro http://satirarpg.com
August 31st, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Flash is only for banners, because the only thing good in flash is the animation, since the quick development of a RIA is no longer due to the increasing complexity of the flash platform.
291 Jason http://twitter.com/fohnee
August 31st, 2010 at 11:18 am
When it comes to rich media, Flash is still a major player. However, I’m afraid that the end is near for Flash. In 5 years from now, we won’t be having this debate.
290 Mike R http://www.mysweetdesign.com
August 31st, 2010 at 6:54 am
Until something better comes along (silverlight ain’t up to it yet and you need a degree in it to understand the thing!) flash will always have it’s uses. I can use flash to a point but can’t do some of the amazing stuff it’s capable of and have always championed it.
However thinking more deeply about it i spend less and less time on purely flash based websites and when i do it is about 5 minutes play before i get bored.
Flash can’t dress up a lack of content so dont use it for that. Games, banners, videos etc are areas flash can excel in.
Flash isn’t going anywhere soon so we might as well accept its existence whether we choose to use it or not.
289 saane
August 30th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
beautiful
288 scott http://www.rawkstardesign.com
August 30th, 2010 at 2:00 am
Just like Lens Flares, and Drop Shadows, Flash has a time and place. As a designer I use it to compliment a design and make it interactive, or to deliver rich content I can’t produce without it. I use it only when absolutely necessary. As far as Animated Banners are concerned, if they are quick to load and tastefully done I don’t have a problem with them, especially if I can hide them from view or ignore them if I’m not interested. It’s when they takeover the browser and bombard my screen with junk, that they bother me. So I am middle of the road on this one. The comic is very true to life though in my experience with designers vs. programmers.
287 iplayatwork http://iplayatwork.co.cc
August 29th, 2010 at 5:35 am
Flash is a necessity to deliver an interactive project. The only problem with flash is that it is being abused by designers.
286 ImNotAWebDesigner http://heathertippy.com
August 27th, 2010 at 9:26 am
The reason as it was explained to me by informed people, is that Apple AND MICROSOFT don’t support Flash on certain devices because they both stand to lose money from it. Mostly in the form of games, apps and such. Why spend $$$ using iTunes and the like to download games/apps, when you can just make your own using Flash, or get them for free from somewhere other than iTunes, etc? Everyone gets their undies in a bunch when it comes to people finding ways of getting stuff for free.