Internet is not built around Flash.It exists to compliment what the regular web cant (Device access, DRM enabled video etc) Have you tried running any content rich html5 app on an iPad? It rendering frame rate is so bad that it is unsable.
IMHO, right now , Flash (while being a resource hog) is the best medium to deliver "engaging-rich" content on the internet.
Your old design looked fine to me. I didnt notice "nine separate colors" until it was mentioned in the article. For me it looked like 3 sections showing 'What', 'How' and a 'Quick overview'.
The whole 'snip it' concept was clear from the front page image itself.
Google gears , Mozilla Prism are all a different genre. If you are planning to build an "occasionally connected app" that lives within the browser, Gears is a good choice. AIR is for building desktop apps.
If you are a web developer and knows Javascript (and/or Flash), you can build great apps that works nicely on desktop with Adobe AIR. AIR doesn't force developers to build custom chrome for apps. By default AIR renders the app in OS's native chrome. But if a developer chooses to, he can go for custom chrome .Thats it.
AIR is a runtime (more like Java ) for running AIR apps. You needn't "open an Adobe Air" at any point. Just install the apps you really want and use it.
Looks like Microsofts's growth strategy for Silverlight is based on forced adoption by delivering exclusive content rather than features offered.
My workflow is as follows:
(1)If javascript cant => Use flash
(2)If flash cant => Use SilverLight.
Rarely(never) does it trickle down to step2. It is good to have a completion for Adobe flash, but unless Silverlight offers somethign really awesome that Flash doesn't, Microsoft shouldn't expect large scale organic adoption . Forced adoption by shelling cash on exclusive content is a different story and thats probably why they have to blame the low adoption rate on recession.
Very impressive work.
But the only thing 'flashy' about this is the zoom and fade in effect. I don't think this is worthy of being promoted as a great example for "jQuery instead of Flash " app.
Most teachers in Indian Engineering colleges are not practitioners. The profession has extremely low pay compared to other options and hence one of the least preferred one among professionals.
Most universities do not go after high performing engineers to join the faculty , but just mass recruit new college passouts who later climb the job ladder to reach senior positions.Add to this all the reservations based on caste and religion. Except for IITs and some government run engineering colleges, its a very weak educational system in place.
The situation in government departments is not different. New college passouts prefer well paid private jobs than the ones in public sector.
Bad teachers and less talented engineers in public sector: A recipe for corruption.
IMHO, right now , Flash (while being a resource hog) is the best medium to deliver "engaging-rich" content on the internet.