This is why I hated flash. The websites for small non-technical businesses were god awful because the business owners, who didn't know better, asked for all kinds of superfluous animations.
At least now that this same sort of crap is done in javascript, I can opt out of it by not enabling javascript and still usually have a workable website to read. But with flash there was no graceful degradation at all; you either ran flash and brought your computer to its knees, or you couldn't use the website at all. It was awful and the best thing Steve Jobs ever did was help nail the coffin shut.
> But with <javascript> there was no graceful degradation at all; you either ran <javacript> and brought your computer to its knees <with ads that cover 70% of page>, or you couldn't use the website at all.
I remember times when flash is everwhere. Usually flash was present as ads, videoplayer, sometime as full website, and sometime only as fancy-colorful menu.
Honestly, I don't see big difference between flash and javascript from user POV. Same sometime slowness, sometime lags, all the time ads, etc. etc.
At least now that this same sort of crap is done in javascript, I can opt out of it by not enabling javascript and still usually have a workable website to read. But with flash there was no graceful degradation at all; you either ran flash and brought your computer to its knees, or you couldn't use the website at all. It was awful and the best thing Steve Jobs ever did was help nail the coffin shut.