I dunno, a whole subtree of the internet died and I’m not sure it really came back. It was a beautiful Galápagos Islands.

For the most part, people are talking about games and animation, not text based websites.

Did you ever try one of those Flash-based room escape games? It was really amazing to lose yourself in the challenges and puzzles.

It was both awful when it showed up in the enterprise and amazing at unleashing creativity for many. Most young non-technical people I knew during its rise had regularly made Flash creations or even games, and deeply enjoyed the Cambrian explosion of games and animations for a few years.

It was really meant for animation and games but got misused as a web GUI tool. I think it would've been fine to allow it anyway, and anyone who wants to build a GUI can just not use Flash.