This. I always looked at Flash as better Java Applets. They filled the gap that Applets were intended to address but Flash was a much easier to work with. Flas

This. I always looked at Flash as better Java Applets. They filled the gap that Applets were intended to address but Flash was a much easier to work with. Flash, while full of issues, was sort of a prototype of functionality that people wanted built into browsers. It took a while for standards to catch up, because standards move slow. At the same time, people were motivated to make it happen because of all of those terrible things about Flash. We can all thank Steve Jobs for delivering the death blow to Flash to really force the issue.