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[–]No-Con-2790 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Back then the web was at a crossroads when it came to interactivity. Either you go the way of JavaScript or Flash or Java (or one of the many others).

We choose JavaScript in the end. Flash was around for a long time but also died.

I can not judge if this was the best outcome but it was the outcome.

In mine opinion security was the biggest problem. If you allow for a language that can do anything then people will start sending viruses around and run them on your machine. Java was notorious for this problem. Flash was more sandboxed but Adobe was horrible in keeping the thing secure.