This. Java applets were first, but the plugin was horrible (slow) and tooling was aimed at programmers, not designers. I hated flash btw (designers were really

This. Java applets were first, but the plugin was horrible (slow) and tooling was aimed at programmers, not designers. I hated flash btw (designers were really creative with it), but in the end it pushed JS and DOM forward, so I guess I should be thankful. :)