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The Gradual Disappearance Of Flash Websites

Flash is a proprietary product that sits on top of the browser to extend functionality. While Flash may have provided missing functionality for some time, it brings little value to modern browsers. As more and more designers and developers realize the benefits of Web standards and start using some of the features of HTML5 and CSS3, we’ll see fewer Flash-driven websites.

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I’ve been using Adobe (and Macromedia) products ever since I started designing websites nearly a decade ago. I actually started learning web design by learning to write HTML but, with the increasing complexity of creating layouts using nested tables, it became much easier to use a WYSIWYG editor like Dreamweaver. About 4 or 5 years ago I started creating websites using CSS based layouts and the need for a WYSIWYG editor began to seem unnecessary. I also do most of my debugging by using the Firebug plugin for Firefox.
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