Flash Back

Some links to celebrate Flash's 10th anniversary.

• 10th anniversary of Flash
• Wired story on Flash turning 10
• John Gay's history of Flash
• Mike Chambers' history of Flash, from 2002 when Macromedia celebrated its 10th anniversary.

• Screenshots of old versions of Flash
• History of Flash startup splash screens (with screenshots)
• Announcement of Macromedia's acquisition of FutureSplash in early 1997.
• An interview with Bill Predmore which has some background on MSN's early use of FutureSplash.

• Jakob Nielsen: Flash is 99% Bad
• ...but Macromedia is 100% good!
• From 2002, a look at how Macromedia was an innovator in corporate blogging
• Blog of Mike Downey, Flash product manager
• Adobe Apollo, the upcoming client application that's a hybrid of Flash and Acrobat Reader.

I'm not sure yet what story the links tell... any suggestions?