5 Reasons why HTML5 will still be friends with Flash.

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Posted by Noj | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 15-02-2010

Recently we’ve all seen the buzz about HTML5 going to kill flash from mac-fans because their God steve said “Whenever a Mac crashes more often than not it’s because of Flash. No one will be using Flash,  The world is moving to HTML5.”

A bit of background, I spend 8 hours a day working with web front ends both in  javascript/html/css and flash/flex. I tend to use appropriate technologies where necessary. I believe to solve a problem ‘You need to use the right tool for the right job’.  HTML and flash aren’t quite substitutes of each other, both have some subsets overlapping but from a broad view you can see why each technology was created. I am a RIA (rich interactive app) developer and not a flash developer, I use whatever tool that best fits my problem.  Gskinner has a much more awesome blog post about it. Below are 5 reasons why HTML5 will still be friends with Flash
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Thoughts on building a faster Web.

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Posted by Noj | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 11-02-2010

Recently I’ve been following Google’s “Lets make the web faster” initiative. Speed is addictive. (Not the drug). Imagine browsing the web and having a feeling that you’ve downloaded the whole web.  Yep! that’s a good dream to achieve. Below is a list of ideas, I think could make the web faster.

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