# Flash vs everything else

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**Created:** [November 10, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-vs-everything-else/128257 "2004-11-10T21:25:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![dragonfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@dragonfly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dragonfly)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-vs-everything-else/128257/1 "2004-11-10T21:25:34Z")

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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 😉

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 ☹

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!