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Originally Posted by Ronin
Maybe I just don't realize it. My whole idea of Flash is all those obnoxious websites that make you watch an annoying intro with overly loud music.
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In 2003, maybe. Right now, Flash is ubiquitous. Google and Apple are leading a rally against it, wanting to replace it with HTML5 and Javascript. However, implementations of HTML5 in browsers is sketchy at best.
The biggest complaint people have about Flash is that designers use it too poorly, and end up with bloated sites. But that's not the fault of Flash, it's the fault of the designers. There is plenty of really horrible Javascript out there as well.
Whether HTML5 is better than Flash or Silverlight is another issue. The point is, the vast (and as you saw above, it really is vast) majority of sites use Flash. To leave it out in a product is bad enough, but one that is supposed to specialize in web browsing is just beyond ridiculous.