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HTML5 And Flash - Whose Will Be The Future?

View PDF | by: stalempo Total views: 15 Word Count: 556 Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 Time: 9:53 AM

Latest web standard of HTML5 enters the web, and for some webmasters that's a menace to Adobe Flash. Although HTML5 with its new features can come close to carrying out stuff as good as Flash, the Adobe software will remain strong. There are some strong features of Flash that are still unrivaled. Most likely, neither Flash nor HTML5 will earn the ultimate victory - they are both likely to stay and take up their respective niches.nnNow about Flash benefitsnnCompatibility Across PlatformsnnOf all the popular web browsers Flash templates are supported on most of them. The simple plug-in for Flash replaces all the frustration of attempting to make a website behave itself in IE, Firefox, and Google Chrome.nnAnimationsnnThis has long been the strong suit for Flash. Spectacular effects on a Flash Template are effortlessly rendered and it can give a webpage the looks to stand out from the others.nnVideonnAnother thing that comes to your head when thinking about Flash is videos and Youtube. Once again, the Flash makes it no difference what OS you have - videos or animation are going to be rendered beautifully, the one thing you need is install the Flash player plugin. nnVector GraphicsnnVector images are so well received due to the fact that they look crisp and clean and unaliased regardless of the display resolution you have or how you resize it. Different from bitmap graphics, vector images are rather pieces of code than colored dots - that's the explanation that resizing doesn't distort or pixelate vector images. That's due to vector graphics that Flash templates have all the highly detailed animations and sleek lines and borders.nnRegardless of all these long-established advantages some companies are attempting to kick Flash down from its pedestal by boycotting the technology. The main point of the debate is that HTML5 really should replace Flash as Flash has plenty of things to make improvements upon. Regardless of this Flash templates will stay strong in some niches.nnThe mobile or portable web is in its infancy. An increasing number of people all over the world own cellular phones and handhelds able to connect to the Internet. Needless to say, they are unconsciously anticipating something very comparable to what they are able to see in the internet browser on their desktop computer. Seems like at present Flash is firmly set up in that niche. And that's for a reason. After industry experts studied both technologies on mobile platform there's a decision - Flash is still more effective than HTML5. Video and animations are still much better delivered by using Flash.nnLots of business and corporate websites won't probably convert to HTML5 - just for the basic principle of 'if it ain't broken, don't fix it'. The flexibility and stability of a Flash web template will provide these websites with spectacular visuals that can win over customers and enhance the user experience.nnWhat will the result be? The history will show us. As HTML5 and Flash combat it out, Flash will remain a solid contender in the foreseeable future of the world wide web. Interactivity, animation, video, vector graphics - all that was not accomplished in two days and will not get lost in two days too. Imagine the advertising on the web without Flash? Unimaginable. So Flash is not going anywhere soon for quite-quite long.

About the Author

Stan Lem is not a newcomer in writing for the web - he started about 5 years ago and took special involvement in the niche of website design and web development - more specifically website templates and Flash wedding templates.

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