There is a tendency to group all flash content together, if you break it out into say: Websites (typically micro sights) Banner adverts Creative websites Games

There is a tendency to group all flash content together, if you break it out into say: Websites (typically micro sights) Banner adverts Creative websites Games Video players Audio players Applications Desktop AIR applications Mobile AIR applications Web site components Each use case has a date when they became a bad bet, some never were. Even today web components (shims/polly fills) are written in flash and are acceptable.