Flash the wave of the future? My background.

I first got interested in flash in college year 12. I had never experienced anything like it. Never having any knowledge of how a program like flash worked i started seeking answers for the many questions i had. Started getting used to flash 8(action script 2.0) and was enjoying it. During year 12 we had to create a few animations in flash and a final project on what ever program we wished. Choosing flash i decided to create a web page. First of all it was going to load the pages externally, however the schools internet simulation was rather slow. So i decided to integrate each page to the site. It was a success and my friends enjoyed it.

Having been a wile since i have gotten back on to flash it is really hard to keep up. Before i knew it there was a new flash program (CS3) and a new action script language(3.0)

The most popular sites on the net seem to be rather simple e.g Google, Flickr and delicious. So that everyone can have simple access to them and not be bothered with having too slow a connection.

However Flash allows for easy to build animation and construction of ads in websites... thats why you usually see a combination of the both in one place. Also the sleek applicable design of flash products can be pleasing to the eye and keep the user interested.. almost like a game.

So as long as you can keep up with flash it can be a very useful tool!