Birthday Bash For Flash
Today is the official 10th 
anniversary of the software we now call Flash. Back in 1996, it was called Future Splash, and today, it’s installed on 99% of all computers in the world! Woot!
I celebrated my own date back in May, and wondered why no one else did. I may have jumped the gun by juuuuuuust a bit, but according to the History of Flash website, the first copy of Future Splash shipped in May 1996. Well, either way, you’ve come a long way, baby!
A FEW RELATED LINKS:
Wired’s ‘Flash Turns 10′ article.
Go vote for 
the most influential Flash website of the decade.
An video interview with Mike Downey, Flash Product Manager at Adobe, on CNET News.com about ‘What’s Next for Flash?’ He explains that “Flash video has become the defacto way to deliver video” and how Flash, on sites like YouTube, gives the audience an “instant-on, play means play experience.”
August 9th, 2006 at 8:22 pm
I remember being MADE to use Futuresplash in ’94/95 and thinking “I hate this – -this thing will never take off”
Who’d a thunk it?
August 10th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FLASH!!!!!!
I love you like you was my daddy!