HTML5 – A Replacement for Flash?

By mslightam, 18 May, 2012

HTML 5 LogoHTML5 is the latest version of coding technologies used within website building. It allows rich features such as video and animation to be supported without the need for plugins such as Adobe Flash. It also enables more advanced browser functionality, such as drag-and-drop of files from your desktop directly to the browser (you may have seen this used by Google, WordPress and Dropbox).

As plugins such as Flash are no longer supported by all platforms, HTML5 increases the chances of all web users being able to view the content on your website. After all, the last thing you want is for someone to browse to your site and be presented by a blank box rather than your site content!

Read more about HTML5 and see some examples here: https://www.unleashed-technologies.com/blog/2011/12/19/html5-review-will-html5-replace-flash

About the Author

Matt Slightam, Creative Director at Krome Design, has over 15 years’ experience in branding, graphic design and the web design industry. His ethos is for clean, simple and concise GUI design, always with an eye towards ease of use. He has a passion for brand building and a love for illustration, as with most of the Krome Design team he also believes firmly in the importance of a nice cup of tea and a slice of cake.

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