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Want to build an Eye Popping Website: Flash or HTML5?

by MarketingVet09
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Hey guys..

I keep reading articles that "flash is dying".. or, I assume at least for mobile devices..

Which of these design tools (flash vs html5) is currently most widely adopted for desktops on browsers IE, Firefox, Chrome and Safari?

I really have no idea which to go with...

I'm looking at having some moving graphics.. Something really eye catching.


Help is greatly appreciated!
#build #eye #flash #html5 #popping #website
  • Profile picture of the author abohrandy
    drop flash bro!!!
    focus on html5. u can get the graphics to move with html5. and lets not forget the SEO advantages of html over flash!!
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  • Profile picture of the author clickbump
    You are going to find that your time and effort to learn and use HTML5 will pay dividends now and into the future vs the time and effort you will extend to learn flash.

    HTML5 is the future of the web. Flash, having served an incredible purpose in bringing rich internet apps to the browser, is showing its age and is being supplanted by html5.

    Learn html5 (and css3). You won't be sorry.

    Here are a few resources you might want to follow to learn more:

    - HTML5 Doctor

    - Smashing Magazine's HTML5 section
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    • Profile picture of the author Brandon Tanner
      If you use HTML5 for video/animations at this point, roughly 1 out of every 4 visitors to your website will not be able to see it. Contrast that with Flash, which is estimated to be installed in 98% of all desktop browsers.

      For that reason, I still prefer to use Flash for web video. In a few years though, that may change (once HTML5 becomes better supported).

      A few articles you might be interested in...

      The State Of HTML5 Video

      Comparison of HTML5 and Flash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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      • Profile picture of the author MarketingVet09
        Originally Posted by Brandon Tanner View Post

        If you use HTML5 for video/animations at this point, roughly 1 out of every 4 visitors to your website will not be able to see it. Contrast that with Flash, which is estimated to be installed in 98% of all desktop browsers.

        For that reason, I still prefer to use Flash for web video. In a few years though, that may change (once HTML5 becomes better supported).

        A few articles you might be interested in...

        The State Of HTML5 Video

        Comparison of HTML5 and Flash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


        Brendon, thanks... THIS is what I was looking for...

        I don't care which is harder to learn (im going to pay someone to make the site)... I don't care which will be more supported in 5 years.. hell, 5 months!


        I just want to know which one has the bigger user base RIGHT NOW...

        And I suppose that it's flash....


        So again, if anyone else wants to weigh in further... would really appreciate it!
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        • Profile picture of the author Brandon Tanner
          Originally Posted by MarketingVet09 View Post

          I just want to know which one has the bigger user base RIGHT NOW...
          Right now... Flash still does, by far. Though that will likely change a few years down the road.
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  • Profile picture of the author ImagineMonkey
    I'd say HTML5. Drop Flash - it's pretty much dead on web and mobile. Just convert your videos to .mp4's and use the <video> element.
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  • Profile picture of the author steliodj
    I hate flash(sorry i really do) it's not meant to build websites with.....but it's up to you, if you don't consider all the iOS users as a target user base which is not only iPhone but ipad as well then you can go with flash but you should remember, iPad generates 25% of U.S. mobile web traffic(and this was in 2011) Apple's iPad now generates 25% of U.S. mobile web traffic - FierceMobileContent


    My 2 cents

    Stelios D
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  • Profile picture of the author wellm97
    I do not think any body loves flash site because it takes much time to load so you should work on html5 as others have already said a lot about it.
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