Sketchpad in HTML5: Why Flash is no longer relevant

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Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Back in the old days when the Web was young the solution to the problem of rich interaction with an online resource fell to Adobe’s Flash. Thanks to HTML5, however, the browser does all the business and in a way that is open and accessible to all. Case in point: Sketchpad. I can’t embed it here, but feel free to check it out with any major new browser and report back how amazing it is. Go ahead and check it and let me know what you think.

As you see loading is instantaneous and the ability to create rich interfaces all within the browser is amazing. I’m sold.

via Reddit

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