Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of people hazing Flash. I actually really like Flash and think that some of the user experiences you can create with the medium are impressive to say the least. My coworker tipped me off to this article on Big Spaceship’s blog that takes on this issue. I think it’s well written and worth a read if you give a shiz about these geek sort of things.

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

“The iPad situation: My personal opinion, and not necessarily that of Big Spaceship’s, is that their decisions are fine. It’s their choice to make. The pity is that iPad users won’t be able to view the rich experiences many developers will build for regular computers, whether it be a Flash-based platform or a CPU intensive JS platform. Flash is not going to disappear just because some people purchased an iPad and own an iPhone. The difference is that those users will get a stripped down HTML version of experiential websites. Yes, it may function and be informational, but it won’t be exciting or interactive. If you’re looking for stocks and news… Good, you’re in the clear (PC guy from the commercials). But if you want to play independent games, experience a creative interaction, or just be mindblown by some unreal designer’s vision spilled out on timeline… you’re out of luck. Use a regular computer for that. It’s ridiculous to sacrifice the years spent learning a great versatile platform that easily translates ideas into creation because of one or two products from a single company won’t allow it.”

Thanks! I couldn’t agree more.