If the war was popular in internet browsers, then the standards, now is the HTML5 versus Flash . Which is better? – Why prefer one over another? I think HTML5 is the future. I also believe that Flash has always been a nuisance rather than an asset (and I think since 1999, eight years before it becomes a problem on the table by Apple ).
I believe the right way is to develop on HTML5 for everyone involved, and these are my five reasons why it is better to Flash:
- It is native. No need for plugins , extra amenities or load external components to the browser. Flash, unfortunately, being heavy and often need to consume so many resources faster the battery and use a large percentage of the processor.
- It does not belong to anyone, is a markup language that can be used by anyone and is supported by all modern browsers. Flash, however, is the owner, serves the interests of one company, Adobe. May be altered to taste them if needed (for whatever reason, economic, by company policy, etc.)
- Maintains the overall user experience the web, run the previous and next buttons in the browser, does not operate within a “sandbox” as with Flash, is not limited to the area assigned to the plugin.
- All items with all effects and all hierarchies needed to build a fully functional graphical interface to support a web application is 100% possible using HTML5 + CSS + Javascript. Flash was used as a replacement. Gmail is the perfect example. Even more so if viewed from a mobile device. Did you know that the version of Gmail for IPAD is much higher than the native application made by Apple?
- Adaptable, flexible, scalable platform. While insisting Adobe, Flash on mobile phones remains a goal too far, meanwhile build interfaces for the desktop or the mobile is quite real today on the two platforms.
Is there hope for Flash? Of course, but not in the platform development of applications or in building web sites made of 100% with this plugin. I think that Flash works well for games and animation elements for certain very particular, very far away from this “solution for anything” that Adobe (or Macromedia before being acquired) tried to sell for years.




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