Flash vs everything else

If there’s already a thread/article on this site about this, please direct me to it, i could not find one.

Web gurus: Why not make everything on the web in flash? Consider this question from the perspective of someone who has limited experience in html/css/jscript…all that crap :wink:

I know some say, why build a static, non-animated site in flash? I say, why build in anything else but flash when it’s so dang easy in flash! Dealing with tables, nested tables…blah :frowning:

Ofcoarse, there’s the issue of search engine spiders, which is a very big issue with commercial sites, and that IS a reason to keep with html… and even though flash player has 98% penetration, 2% of all web users is still a lot of people…BUT, having said that, i’d like to here some arguments (edit: well, not arguments…discussion) as to why flash isn’t the only good way to make web pages.

thanks!