Flash disabled in Firefox today

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33520935

'Facebook's security chief has called for Adobe to set a date to kill off Flash'

yes we like banners

on Medium:
https://medium.com/@RickWebb/banner-fraud-doesn-t-matter-fc84413fe59c

animation reference

I keep ending up on this page for a css animation reference:
https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/a/animation/

Flash beats out Silverlight

http://flashdaily.net/post/123106336802/microsoft-edge-supports-flash-and-pdf-natively

sass animation

Good post; I'll be playing with this over the weekend.

http://williamanderson.io/blog/animation-timelines-with-sass.html

ad blocking cont'd

Martin Sorrell etc saying not all that much, but acknowledging that ad blockers are a real concern:
http://www.businessinsider.com/sir-martin-sorrell-jon-steinberg-dana-anderson-on-ad-blocking-2015-6

ISP-level blocking
http://www.stateofdigital.com/isp-level-ad-blocking/

GIF > Flash

I wouldn't have predicted the resurgence of GIF format animation as Flash departs -- http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/heres-why-gifs-are-back-style-and-bigger-ever-brands-165499

Gifs have ridiculously heavy file sizes, and for most animations would be more tedious to create than a Flash version. But they work on more devices!