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For my own selfish reasons, I'm pleased that Google doesn't use Flash for applications. Using XHTML/CSS/JS/etc. is great because other developers can inspect i
by kennyroo 18y ago
For my own selfish reasons, I'm pleased that Google doesn't use Flash for applications. Using XHTML/CSS/JS/etc. is great because other developers can inspect it, understand it, and go from there.
For practical purposes, I suspect Flash may be a pain in the ass to use on their scale. Debug, version control, localization, analytics, and more probably wouldn't play well with the rest of their platform and processes.
Also, Flash isn't supported on many wireless devices including the high-profile iPhone.
Future releases of HTML and JavsScript will handle some of what Flash does today. Perhaps it's just not necessary.