Seriously, you must be new here. Flash is a
proprietary closed-source hunk of binary that we're
stuck with. This is the reason most people on Slashdot hate it. We can't fix it, and it has regular unfixable problems on every platform I've used it on. It's so bad that most browsers have had to
re-engineer their plug-in system to prevent Flash from taking down the browser. Not to mention the regular and horrible
security holes, the fact that it bypasses browser cookie policy with it's
LSOs (newsflash: not in HTML5.)
Yes, HTML5 might eventually become an advertisers dream but
that's what AdBlock is for. At least it will be free, open and standards based. The day that the Flash plug-in is not needed will be a great day. I can't imagine why anyone would champion it. All it is is one less Adobe product you have to buy as a developer.