I remember the days when poorly-built flash websites were the norm; they may have sucked from a usability standpoint, but they sure had the edge in originality!
Fortunately with languages like Typescript and the right abstraction ,like webgl, things are going to get easier, to build complex desktop like apps like that ,which dont care about HTML semantics or SEO while still using web standards and being usable on tablets without going native.
I'm a bit tired of hearing people saying their latest AngularJS "fairly large" CRUD app is the paragon of web development,it is not.
http://awaytools.com/awaybuilder/live-tool
which sets high standards in web development.
Fortunately with languages like Typescript and the right abstraction ,like webgl, things are going to get easier, to build complex desktop like apps like that ,which dont care about HTML semantics or SEO while still using web standards and being usable on tablets without going native.
I'm a bit tired of hearing people saying their latest AngularJS "fairly large" CRUD app is the paragon of web development,it is not.
Also relevant artice :
http://www.thefwa.com/article/10-reasons-why-flash-cannot-di...
Though i think in 3/4 years when the whole HTML5 migration is done , we'll start seeing creatives taking risks again in plain HTML.