Flash Back
Some links to celebrate Flash’s 10th anniversary.
- 10th anniversary of Flash
- Wired story on Flash turning 10
- John Gay’s history of Flash
- Mike Chambers’ history of Flash, from 2002 when Macromedia celebrated its 10th anniversary.
- Screenshots of old versions of Flash
- History of Flash startup splash screens (with screenshots)
- Announcement of Macromedia’s acquisition of FutureSplash in early 1997.
- An interview with Bill Predmore which has some background on MSN’s early use of FutureSplash.
- Jakob Nielsen: Flash is 99% Bad
- …but Macromedia is 100% good!
- From 2002, a look at how Macromedia was an innovator in corporate blogging
- Blog of Mike Downey, Flash product manager
- Adobe Apollo, the upcoming client application that’s a hybrid of Flash and Acrobat Reader.
I’m not sure yet what story the links tell… any suggestions?
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APA
Dash, A. (2006, August 14). Flash Back. Anil Dash. https://anildash.com/2006/08/14/flash-back/
MLA
Dash, Anil. "Flash Back." Anil Dash, 14 Aug. 2006, anildash.com/2006/08/14/flash-back/. Accessed .
Chicago
Dash, Anil. "Flash Back." Anil Dash. August 14, 2006. Accessed . https://anildash.com/2006/08/14/flash-back/.