FX, I think Flash will continue to exist, but will not be present as it is today.
CSS and JS are available for some time but you had problems making cross-browser compatible. New CSS versions have more features and (jQuery) has a small footprint and have many animations available. Both works great in ANY browser. For Video: Html5 (will) do a better job. I bet Youtube will push that technology. Animations: CSS and jQuery (JavaScript) do a better job. It's present in any big website. Those are better technologies. It just need time to be more implemented. Internet Explorer 6 still has a 15% market share but it's dying. Flash will continue to be around for many more years but more and more web developers/designers will leave it behind. About Ads: You'll be impressed how many people are using Ad blocking applications. Try Adblock Plus (for Firefox) or GlimmerBlocker (Mac only/ any browser). Personally I can't browse the web without it. Pages load faster (don't have do download ad image/flash) , keep the cpu cool and pages look more cleaner (without intrusive flashy banners). Some people might say Ad-blocking is wrong because websites receive money from advertisers. Well, that's true, but I never click on those ads anyway, so the are wasting bandwidth with me. I believe Flash will be present for web games until a new technology comes out. Check http://www.youtube.com/html5 (Use Safari or Firefox to see it, no flash needed). Laptops and portable devices are getting more present in our lives. Battery life is important, specially in cellphones. Why do you think iPhone don't have Flash? Because people will complain the battery don't last half of what's been advertised. People are complaining for years about cpu use in Flash and Adobe didn't made ANY progress.They are not evil, they just don't have a clue of what to do. Adobe only cares about adding new "features" and their applications get more and more bloated. Well... after some reflection I must say you're completely right ;Adobe IS EVIL! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
