safari 6.1 plugins turned off by default

It took me a while to figure out why our Flash banners weren't animating in the current version of Safari. 

It turns out this is a user preference: under Advanced, uncheck "Stop plug-ins to save power" in order to see your beautiful ad banners come back to life.

 

Clicking on the Flash element also starts it up, but you shouldn't have to do that. 

dragonbones JS animation library

http://dragonbones.github.io/features.html

some examples here: http://www.effecthub.com/item/tool/dragonbonesjs

responsive banners with adcade

Banners have a lot of catching up to do. It could happen quickly but it seems unlikely to... anyway, they have a nice scrolling site with lots of html animations:  http://adcade.com/

adobe in motion

okay they're planning to crush their competition. Again, not advertising! http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/adobes-bold-plans-online-ad-business-dont-include-advertising-152015

Agencies and Ad Tech

I know one of these guys!

Bonsai js for html5 banners

I came upon http://pixelplant.com/  for converting Flash to HTML5. I wouldn't mention it, because it didn't work very well in my tests, except that their js library looks promising for banners: http://bonsaijs.org/

IAB's finalized HTML5 guide

The IAB has released its final HTML5 guide for Ad Designers & Creative Technologists:
http://www.iab.net/html5