...as if we've had better alternatives all along... In the case of about 95% of the Flash that's been written, we have had a better alternative all along: Not

...as if we've had better alternatives all along... In the case of about 95% of the Flash that's been written, we have had a better alternative all along: Not writing Flash. Not animating the self-help menus at your ISP, not auto-playing music at every restaurant website, not cramming a megabyte of crap into the ads coming down your 56kbps modem connection, etc.