# AS3 turning you off?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-turning-you-off/251352>\
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**Created:** [February 7, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-turning-you-off/251352 "2008-02-07T17:10:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![doctor\_funk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@doctor\_funk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/doctor_funk)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-turning-you-off/251352/1 "2008-02-07T17:10:18Z")

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I’ve been cruising the showcase here and noticing a steep decline in Flash sites lately. Is it just me, or has there been a surge in sandboxed template blogs and jpeg concept sites lately?

My theory is that AS3 is turning off a lot of Flash newcomers who used to have an easy time jumping aboard the Flash wagon with cut-and-paste AS2. I remember seeing a lot more Flash sites in the showcase before, but maybe I just having been visiting often enough. Any thoughts?