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by camus2 4605 days ago
Flash is also that kind of website :

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.