Thank you..  and thank God you're not in operation theatre!

Really depends on how quickly old flash videos are phased out or converted over.  How often do we take for granted the ability to cflick on a video link and actually be able to play it?  Without Flash, a lot of those will end with 'sorry, you need the latest Flash player to view this.'

Since there is no "Standard" to which compliance is necessary, it's going to be slow and agonizing.

HTML 5 has prevailing problems, for example with sound:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_Audio

"The result is that for a website to guarantee HTML5 audio for all users, it has to make two formats available, often Vorbis, as used on Wikimedia sites, and MP3 or AAC."

Since every browser vendor implements HTML5 as he likes, using different codecs and formats, it is pain for the content providers to ensure everything looks and sounds as intended in every browser.

Flash was a closed platform provided by a single company. 

Oh crap, looks like another thing I know nothing about. 

Robbie_Boy!!!   Good seeing you!  Merry Christmas!!

The popcorn? How much is needed. I am famous on doing a very crispy one 

Seems more like Mac and Linux users are the only ones who care.

I use Flash because it works great, not because I really care one way or the other about it.