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Over time, however, Flash began to get old, and new alternatives were being released to take over. When Flash was in it’s prime (a few years ago, now), it was an incredibly powerful piece of software, and some would say it still is - as a result, Flash support in browsers became pretty commonplace as it became the new trend among developers. (That’s right! Adobe Flash wasn’t even created by Adobe!). Kinda confusing, huh?)įlash Player allowed developers to create fully-fledged animations, high-quality graphics and even video games! Even better: developers could embed all these on their websites with a press of a button! Pretty cool, right? In fact, it was so cool that Adobe bought Macromedia, and renamed Macromedia Flash to Adobe Flash. (It’s actually a little more complicated than that the original product was called Futuresplash Animator, which was later bought by Macromedia and renamed to Flash, which was then bought by Adobe. As time went on, however, people wanted more - more than simple HTML, CSS and Javascript could provide - so along came Macromedia with their new product: ‘Flash Player’. Want an example? Just browse for 30 seconds, and you’ll see just how much effort some people put in to their sites. Since the start of the internet, website owners have always been trying to build bigger and better websites.

You might wanna skip down a little for the informative part. The following few paragraphs are a recap of Flash’s development, and not a guide. Flash may have gotten some fancy Adobe branding, but it’s still an old product.