Flash vs HTML - Which is better?

Theres always been a battle between the 2. But which is better?

Flash is mainly used for creating animation, with high quality graphics. But when it comes to search engines, its not so great.
HTML on the other hand, isn't at all good for animation, unless you slice up a stream on photos on Photoshop and create a .gif file, but its still not as great a flash animation, as the photo quality is reduced.

Flash 

Pros:

• Supports audio, animation, and advanced interactivity.
• Relatively easy to learn, as it provides a designer-friendly authoring environment. However, it requires a good understanding of computer graphics, and the advanced features require familiarity with programming or scripting techniques.
• Integrates well with other Web technologies.
• Is bandwidth efficient.
• Is widely used. This means that most visitors to a Web page incorporating a Flash animation will be able to view it without downloading and installing the Player application. (In fact, probably 96% of Web users already have Flash Player installed .) 

Cons:

• Encourages design abuse,
• breaks Web fundamentals, and
• distracts from a site's core values.
• This is also why our Website Design doesnt have Flash :)

 HTML 

Pros:

• View able by web browser
• best support of assisting technology
• most accessible solutions when done correctly
• can partially automate compliance checking

Cons:

• cant easily search entire presentation
• requires working knowledge of HTML or HTML editing software.

source: http://www.hyperwrite.com/Articles/showarticle.aspx?id=36 

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