Is Flash Still The Best Language To Build Websites?
I’m agnostic when it comes to programming languages. I’m a former photo editor who now designs websites for the user/client experience, but I have no vested interest in any one programming language. When I set out to start building sites I had certain requirements for the design and function. Flash was the only language that afforded these requirements. If another, better language comes out that meets these requirements, I would switch today. Some people are saying HTML5 is a great new language to build sites with. Unfortunately it doesn’t meet several of my requirements. 1. Support for fonts – Art Directors love typography. It is important that our users can load high quality magazine and advertising fonts in their websites. In HTML5 you can only use a handful of web safe fonts 2. Scaling – The cornerstone of our design is the image scaling. It allows us to display images easily on monitors from 13″ – 30.” HTML5 does not support scaling. 3. Browser Independence – It’s important that o
