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What is the alternative to Flash for animations?

The alternative to Flash for animations is primarily HTML5 and CSS3. That is what we use in UltimateWB website builder, i.e. for the photo galleries and slideshows app. With the decline of Flash due to its security vulnerabilities and lack of support on mobile devices, HTML5 and CSS3 have emerged as the standard technologies for creating animations on the web.

Here are some popular alternatives to Flash:

CSS3 Animations

CSS3 provides powerful animation capabilities through keyframes, transitions, and transforms. Animations

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Smartphone use on the rise…just ask this Japanese snow monkey!

Almost two-thirds (63%) of cell phone owners use their phone to go online, according to a 2013 survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.   This has doubled since 2009.   You can guess it is more now.  A picture says a thousand words.  This serendipitous photo by Marsel van Oosten in this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, "People's Choice" collection, shouts increase in tech use - serendipitous as in the iPhone was not planted... Continue reading
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