How far could jQuery go to replace some Flash animations?
I was reading that HTML 5 may supplant Flash to some degree, except that Msoft and Apple are throwing in monkey wrenches, and it made me think about jQuery in that regard (supplanting, not monkey wrenches
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You can do an awful lot of fancy animation with jQuery, that used to need Flash. I often see simple Flash animations and realize they could also be done with jQuery, including the interaction of course, since jQuery is made for interaction.
If a new version of javascript could do just a little more with drawing, and audio (where it's really poor), it could also supplant a lot of Flash. And of course, if someone could come out with a visual designer for drawing and timeline manipulation, for jQuery/javascript, such as Flash now has, instead of doing all code, it would really take off. Of course, animation is one thing. Including video, which requires codecs, is another. Or maybe there is a way around that, too.
Opinions? How far could jQuery/javascript go in replacing Flash?
)You can do an awful lot of fancy animation with jQuery, that used to need Flash. I often see simple Flash animations and realize they could also be done with jQuery, including the interaction of course, since jQuery is made for interaction.
If a new version of javascript could do just a little more with drawing, and audio (where it's really poor), it could also supplant a lot of Flash. And of course, if someone could come out with a visual designer for drawing and timeline manipulation, for jQuery/javascript, such as Flash now has, instead of doing all code, it would really take off. Of course, animation is one thing. Including video, which requires codecs, is another. Or maybe there is a way around that, too.
Opinions? How far could jQuery/javascript go in replacing Flash?
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