[HFWang]

I personally dislike flash because it has two properties.

1) Its binary
2) Its not built on an open standard

IMO the above two things directly contradict the foundations of the web as we know it (insert scary music as you will). Simply put the idea of the internet is to make it easier to publish and read information. Making it binary and closed source make it sort of difficult to do either of them (unless you have the right software).

Plus, Flash has its place in games... but I have huge problems with all-flash or even mostly Flash websites. Flash makes selecting text and bookmarking a pain. And almost as an added bonus, most webdesigners go crazy when they have that much power and I end up wondering where I am supposed to click on the flashing monkey or rub the goldfish in order to move around on their site.