A long time ago, when the internet was young, and stupid, the early web designers ventured outside the realm of HTML to find ways to make sites easier on the eyes. After all, the majority of websites consisted of either simple text, or a collage of images, making the entire web designing process less than glamorous. Enter Flash.

Origin

Flash originated circa 1997, after developers saw the potential in a vector based animation program. You can’t blame the creators for wanting to create a lightweight tool used to display animations in an internet where you were lucky to get colored text. However, immediately after its release, things started to get out of control. The more artsy designers started questioning the standard web production process. They became what I like to call flash addicts.