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Flash

A bandwidth friendly and browser independent vector-graphic animation technology. As long as different browsers are equipped with the necessary plug-ins, Flash animations will look the same.

With Flash, users can draw their own animations or import other vector-based images.

Flash was known as FutureSplash until 1997, when Macromedia Inc. bought the company that developed it.



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