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HTML 5 Vs. Flash - Who Takes The Winning Crown?

With the advent of HTML 5, the tech world has been abuzz with rumors that it will make Flash irrelevant. This is because HTML 5 comes loaded with superior features that were far removed in its earlier versions.

Here is a quick run down on how HTML 5 scores over Flash:

Support for 3D & Animation

HTML 5 comes loaded with the Canvas Tag that lets you render graphics and images on the fly. You no longer get have to struggle with complex Flash elements to make your web pages visually appealing. Just a little bend in your code is all you need to adorn your web pages with alluring 3D graphics and animation.

Lighter File Sizes

Unlike Flash elements, HTML 5 doesn't add on to the file size of your web pages thus keeping them lighter. With Google proclaiming page speed to be one of the many ranking factors in search engine result pages, it has become increasingly important to ensure that your website loads faster. And HTML 5 is the perfect way to add all the bells and whistles to your website without bloating up your file sizes.

No Plug-In Required

Half of the audiences aren't able to view to Flash contents because they have the plug-in disabled, thus wasting all your efforts. HTML 5 requires no such additions, thus ensuring that your audiences see the content no matter what.

Increased Crawlability

Flash has a bad reputation because it blocks its contents from being crawled by search engines. Even though search engine spiders have become more adept at crawling Flash content over the years, a 100% Flash website seldom scores well in search engine results. HTML 5 on the other hand rids you off this fear. You can include multimedia rich content on your website without having to fear that it'll be ignored by search engine crawlers.

Having said all this... There is no questioning the fact that complex animation and graphics still requires Flash. So I would not say that its completely being overthrown. What do you think?