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Subject:	Re: Flash in websites
From:	Chuck Carter <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	SciArt-L Discussion List-for Natural Science Illustration- <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:06:14 -0400
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To create some nice stuff without Flash - - try using Hype for the Mac… nice HTML5 App - no drawing tools - yet, but does some very cool simple animations and you can get some really complex interactivity with it. And they play on most anything device and browser wise. 

On Aug 16, 2012, at 6:28 PM, Britt Griswold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Yes indeed we should be moving away from Flash. It is considered a resource hog, and adobe was not moving fast enough to fix it, so Apple declared war on on their mobile devices, and it has been down hill from there.
> 
> Word press doe not use Flash for any of its default functionality. There are probably plugins to play flash media, But there may also be plugins using HTML5 to play media as well. That is the fun and pain of rolling your own site: you get to figure it out.
> 
> Here is another Website for site creation. It currently appears to be free to use, including hosting. I'm sure there are limits but looks like decent setup:
> http://www.weebly.com
> 
> 
> Britt
> 
> On 8/16/12 1:36 PM, Glendon Mellow wrote:
>> The animations on my Blogger portfolio use HTML5, not Flash. Plus, one of the settings allows for a
>> non-animated mobile version to activate when a mobile device is detected.
>> 
>> I don't think WP or Blogger use Flash in their defaults.
>> 
>> G
>> 
>> On Thursday, 16 August 2012, Linda Feltner wrote:
>> 
>>    P.S. I searched  "Wordpress: Flash" and found several articles that talked about WP use.
>>    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flash-video-player/ (for one)
>> 
>>    Still reading the sites that popped up and  I haven't determined whether Flash is used to run
>>    the whole website, or just to add video and other media to WP. Still reading.
>>    L.
>>    _____________________
>> 
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