I use flash for buttons, embedded video, etc etc...its got alot of great features... I agree its often over-used...or mis-used...but its great ... all in all its a very useful tool...
the general public loves flash... and I've gotten to appreciate it... a site is a dead un-moving thing...add some flash... flash buttons,sounds,animation,etc they give sites life... animated gif's suck for any real work because they get so big... flash? tiny... I use toon boom studio and swish to do all the flash I do... and its great!.
@mikeymike
if you have a CPU faster then 300mhz ... flash will work fine...
