Flash is the technology, HTML5 is the adaptor.

I wanted to write down my thoughts upon reading the Smashing Magazine article on the gradual disappearance of Flash on the web. Along with the recent discussions rising from Apple’s moves on clearing Flash from the face of the earth, web and  iDevices, it stimulated many of us to think if HTML5 can really replace Flash.

Without drilling into technical details, I think holistically:

Flash (and Adobe as a company) had always been the graffiti guy of the leading technology for the web. It led the technology on the web.

HTML5 and CSS had always been the catching-up standardization officers. They adapted the technology.
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