Its only in these last few days I've started to realise something...
Flash. Is it slowly dying?
I read the specs for CSS 3 the other day, and the first thing that hit me was the detail of interactivity it's going to place at our fingertips.
But its not just CSS is it? I've only just started compiling everything I know into AJAX, and free scripts like LightBox etc., it's just Flash but without the hassle.
Think about it, no more HTML versions of Flash sites (I know you all just smiled).
Accessibility controls built into the browser rather than programming them into Flash movies (text size, readers etc.)
Its all slowly making sense. I could be completely wrong here, but I haven't seen anything new in Flash for ages.
Even the humble Flash intro seems to be fading away.
so yeah..... is this it? should we all start learning SVG and bathe in Javascript while trying to write some realtime 3D stuff?
I just hope they realise before it's too late and carry on with the software side of Flash. But even then, what the hell are you gonna do in Flash that you can't in Java.
A sad day? or a good day? this I cannot decide...