Criticism of Flash grows with its popularitysays Cnet. Indeed, I’m hearing more and more complaints about flash from everyday users. Personally, I certainly have a tendency to close the window or hit the back button as soon as I start seeing zooming logos or the dreaded "loading" text.
You take the blue doughnut and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red doughnut and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes:Enter the Matwix.(thanks, Lisa)
Need some samples for a new track you’re making, or a flash movie you’re working on? Here’s a search engine that only scans the web for sounds, and is aptly namedFindSounds. It can even search for audio files based on how they sound, or if they’re similar to a sound you’ve already created.
All Macromedia’s increased usability claims forFlash MXgo right out the window if, as in my case, after installing the latest Flash 6 plugin you get refused access to bucketloads of Flash 5 sites because you aren’trunning the latest version of Flash. Yes I’m pissed off.
Steven Champeon explainswhy DHTML will win. Meanwhile, over at WebmasterBase, Jeffrey Zeldman offers agood explanationon the pros and cons of HTML vs Flash.
Chris MacGregorweighs inon the announcement that self-appointed usability guru Jakob Nielsen will be working with Macromedia on making Flash more usable.
Xombie, a striking animated series built entirely in flash by one guy. It tells the story of a man returned to life in zombie form and who, through some strange loophole, has retained sentience.