The Life, Death and Rebirth of Adobe Flash

Over the last five years, much has been written about Adobe Flash and its role in web development and its viability on the desktop, on mobile and beyond.

Just as interesting as Flash's future is looking back at its past. In just short of 20 years, Flash has evolved from a sketching program for pen computers to a framework for building interactivity into the web to a conduit for allowing video playback into its current role as a platform that supports the next generation of interactive web tools, including HTML5.

The Early Days

Flash was the brainchild of Jonathan Gay. Gay's childhood interest in legos and architecture led him to create computer software for the Apple II. In…
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