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AnatidaeNov 9th 2009 5:46AM

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Flash haters, lol.

First, at least Flash is ONE player that does work. One place to update. The day internet video is all in HTML5 will mean that support for something new or better will take forever because we have to wait for every browser to agree, for people to install, blah, blah, blah. Heck, HTML5 is a great case in point. Since the spec was started we have had multiple releases of the Flash player updating with new features and better performance.

I am happy that Flash came along and took over online video. Perhaps you forget the days when you had to encode into Quicktime, Windows Media, and Real player formats in hopes that you might have the right one up there for your audience.

I don't have much faith in the HTML standard in giving me a toolset for compelling rich media. Already one has to use a plethora of Javascript to make HTML somewhat more dynamic and interesting giving us Web2.0. But once I move into media and motion graphics, well, I would rather just have the right tool for the job.

I mean come on, look what can be done: http://thefwa.com/

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