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Best uses of Flash (says Lord Google)

On Thursday, July 05, Mark Berghausen wrote a post to the Official Google Webmaster Central Blog with the title of “Best uses of Flash” and today I’ve read a few posts in response.

I understand all of the points that are being made in the Google post when it comes to search and I don’t entirely disagree with them. However, Mr. Berghausen’s post came across (in my opinion) as stating that they are Google and they know best. That if they say these rules set forth by them are the “Best uses of Flash”, then the rest of us should simply accept and adhere to them.

Now, I DO know that search is VERY important to many, many sites out there. However, as Benny asks in the comments, “Isn’t it time to accept that there are sites (e.g. depending on audiences) for which it perfectly make sense to offer full flash sites?”

The question I pose is this: Are these REALLY the “Best uses of Flash” simply because a giant like Google says so or is this more along the lines of Google simply trying to persuade developers to do things the way Google wants them done?

How Adobe Launched a revolution – MercuryNews.com

Here’s a nice little article I just read by Ryan Blitstein over at Mercury News. Ryan writes about the history of Adobe and how it came “from $83,000 in revenue in 1983 to $83 million five years later” and continued to rise to “an expected more than $2 billion this year.” He also writes about how John Warnock and Charles Geschke “launched the desktop publishing revolution” starting with a little thing called PostScript and how they “were heavily involved in Adobe’s $3.4 billion acquisition of Macromedia”.

It’s a good little read. Check it out here.

Internap Buys VitalStream

Via Light Reading:

ATLANTA — Internap Network Services Corporation (NASDAQ: INAP – message board), a leading provider of performance network services over the Internet, today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire VitalStream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSTH – message board). VitalStream is a leader in audio and video streaming services and a global provider of integrated rich media content delivery services that enable businesses to broadcast digital media content to worldwide audiences via the Internet.

Read more HERE.