For the vast majority of things Flash is being used for, it's crap. Namely, video, and site navigation. For other things it could be used - but you could also

For the vast majority of things Flash is being used for, it's crap. Namely, video, and site navigation. For other things it could be used - but you could also use HTML5 like the site in the example to do anything you'd do in Flash, and not lock out iPad, iPhone, Android users. Plus, it's open.