In some ways the content of this post is related to the recent Flash / Mobile snafu. Specifically because Adobe have made a big point of throwing their weight behind HTML5 in place of Flash on mobile platforms. This post is derived in part from personal experience and in part from a lively (and occasionally heated) debate with a colleague. In short it deals with my concerns over the dropping Flash support in favour of HTML5 and the common perception that anything Flash can do HTML5 can do (better).

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