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    ^ Yes but in the past flash sites didn't really do the smart re-arranging that we see today into different form factors, usually there was some parts that were fixed sizes with other elements floating out to the sides. In many ways the approach taken was only 60% there to being truly responsive. I'm not sure if flash has a media query equivalent for recognising devices either.

    I think this may be in part due to the fact that HTML & CSS as a platform exists with a simple set of rules that can be easily utilised - you simply build within it, where as with actionscript this kind of more advanced layout had to be individually programmed and therefore making it much more of a barrier to make the layouts "responsive". Whilst totally possible to create a css and html renderer in flash, high level actionscript like this is what makes it a full blown programming language, so it was always going to be at a disadvantage in this respect simply because it's harder to learn.

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    • i know i'm just joshin to an extent. i just coded a jquery isotope wp site where cells = posts = responsive = nerdvilleprophetone
    • i only brought it up as i've built a few flash-based full screen sites in my time that reacted to screen sizeprophetone
    • ..they probably had lovely blending modes, too. That's a while off. Getting there with the 3d, though. And type rendering.mikotondria3
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