>>Flash's main problem is being easy enough for a novice to pick up and create a garbage site.
So is plain HTML, but if someone creates a crappy site in HTML, at least I don't need a proprietary codec to view it. It works in any browser, will deliver everything an informative site needs to, and won't take 5 minutes for it to load.
Flash violates the K.I.S.S. design principle by being unnecessary in 90% of use-cases.
There are many valid reasons to use flash. Flash has proven itself the best tool in creating animation of many sorts for lightweight delivery over the web.
You dont HAVE to use flash for anything. But there are MANY cases where it is the best option.
although i have to say, I would prefer a standardized codec similar to flash. Aside from big corporation, I think flash is an awesome product, although inappropriate in some places. I don't think its bad across the board though. I can use an swf vector image thats 350b as opposed to a png of the same size thats 15K. Even with the Flash VM loading it is quite efficient if one is a good designer.
So is plain HTML, but if someone creates a crappy site in HTML, at least I don't need a proprietary codec to view it. It works in any browser, will deliver everything an informative site needs to, and won't take 5 minutes for it to load.
Flash violates the K.I.S.S. design principle by being unnecessary in 90% of use-cases.