Flash

A nice retrospective into the rise and fall of Flash by Ars. Back in the mid to late 00’s Flash was an undeniable force and whilst my path took me down CMS technology almost all the most creative websites used Flash in some way.

With the move to mobile platforms it was hard to imagine how desktop browser Flash applications would migrate and it turns out the industry was moving in a different direction anyway. But even with all its weaknesses I can’t help but feel the web lost something with the demise of Flash. Modern usability and accessibility standards exist today in part by the mistakes people made with Flash and it was a truly creative time when almost anything was possible.

Flash is now just a piece of nostalgia – would love to get peoples thoughts on their past experiences…

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