With HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, the Internet doesn't need Flash.

Today, an Opera Software press briefing in Taipei, unveiled the company's detailed plans for web standards and HTML5. However Monday's report focused on Opera's thoughts on Adobe Flash: where it fits in now, and where the software is headed in the future. The mention of Flash isn't all that surprising--it's been a heavy topic as of late, with many parties--including Apple--ready to move away from the bulky, laggy, and somewhat buggy software.
Unsurprisingly, Opera CTO Hakon Wium Lie mentions Apple's denial of Flash in his HTML5 presentation, saying that web surfers really don't need Flash for normal browsing, a comment which was repeated again later in the briefing. Unfortunately, most websites don't see it that way, embedding numerous Flash instances in their pages to the point where visiting just isn't enjoyable. The latest release of Flash makes the experience even more unpleasant, with many consumers flooding forums demanding a fix, complaining over horribly laggy Flash content even on high-end machines.

But according to Lie (aka "Father of CSS"), all that could be avoided when using HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. "We can do anything Flash can do in those languages," Lie said in the presentation, based on a report written by Opera co-founder Jon S. von Tetzchner. He naturally breaks out the simple
Later von Tetzchner came out and answered questions from the briefing attendees, backing up his claim that consumers don't need Flash for normal browsing. He points out that Opera Mini is the most-used browser on the mobile market, and it doesn't support Adobe's bloatware. "For most people, what they really want to get is to the Web," he said. He points out that Facebook and newspaper sites use very little Flash, focusing on straight content rather than visual bloat (as seen with most official game-related websites).source