The use of Flash in course content

Hi Wayne,

I'll defer to the community for their experience on this, but I did want to share an article with you that compares Flash and HTML5 in Articulate Engage. You'll want to refer to this article during the planning and development stages of your interactions for the best results in the environments you're targeting.

Thanks Alyssa,  That is useful as a reference guide and a consideration as HTML 5 is not supported on many of the old browsers which I suspect a lot of people are still using.

Hi Wayne,

For years, flash was the best way to go, and flash development was a requirement for designers and developers. But, alas, flash has really fallen out of favor, with Chrome disabling some of the features in flash, and Adobe announcing that they plan to discontinue flash due to security concerns, and have even gone so far as to require corporations to obtain licensing for the previously free flash player. (It's still free, so far, but Adobe is requiring corporations to obtain a license.) In addition, the flash development environment is changing as well. The program to create flash files, Adobe Flash, is not Adobe Animate, and creates web files for HTML5 as well as the flash files. 

So, the handwriting is on the wall. I really hate to see it, but It is probably time to start moving away from flash. Even if your users are still using older browsers, the flash player is a plugin. There are also security concerns when using flash, that have a lot of people worried about allowing flash content to run.

Regards,

Dave

Thanks for the information.  Really helpful and it does sounds like Flash has had its day.  This was kind of the conclusion we had come to.

I'm glad that helped. 

As a long time fan and flash developer, I really hate to see the demise of flash. But that seems to be where we are today.

It's rare that I see someone who wants to keep Flash...but there's a first for everything. :) We did include a change within Articulate 360 to allow for HTML5 only and HTML5 first for those who are navigating away from Flash - but you can still keep publishing to Flash as well! 

Is Engage 13 Flash based?  When I tried to view an Engage slide from my computer a warning appeared stating that 'Flash was blocked'.

Engage inserted in Storyline is the flash content. If you insert as a web object published to HTML5 it will show the HTML5 view

Thanks Ashley,

I understand that flash still works for now. But, since I live and work in the commercial world, I too have to follow the trends, which means I have to learn the new ways to do things. As much as I enjoyed flash, I'm moving on, and avoiding any additional flash development as much as I can. It is better to learn and use the new technologies that will stick around for awhile, rather than stay with one that has nearly completed its life cycle.

Certainly understand that too Dave - and that's why with Articulate 360 we focused heavily on the transition and broader support of all things HTML5.