> Standards have pretty much caught up, we just need to wait for people to upgrade to browsers that support these standards. If we live today and today only, M

> Standards have pretty much caught up, we just need to wait for people to upgrade to browsers that support these standards. If we live today and today only, Moore's law wouldn't apply and we could all say for certain that HTML5 and it's successors will be the lead indefinitely. I don't see that happening. If Flash didn't exist today, given the rate that standards are drafted and implemented, would we even be here today talking about audio API or reliable video streaming? Who knows. Flash is the necessary evil, you see. Standards are driven by demand. But how can demand exist for something that a user cannot experience? Flash. It is the petri dish of web innovation. Perhaps not the best petri dish but a petri dish nonetheless.