Comment by al_borland

The big issue with Flash was how overused it was.

When Flash was on its way out one app made at the place I worked still said they needed it, and I couldn't figure out why... it was a Java app. After some digging, I found it, some horizontal dividers on the page. They could have, and should have, just been images. They didn't do anything. Yet someone made them in Flash.

I'd also say all the drop-down menu systems were an overuse. Splash screens on every car company's home page. It was out of hand.

I guess you could call it a victim of it's own success, where once it was time for it to die (due to mobile), very few people were sad to see it go.