Slync

I'm really interested in this debate. I can see some huge benefits to allowing the use of things like this, and I genuinely believe it is the way things are going to go over the next few years. It may not be ideal, but the alternative is less so. Regarding conversions, I can't remember any names just now, but I know when I did A level ICT a couple of years ago, we all used a couple of websites which between them allowed audio and videos to go to and from pretty much any format out there. Another idea, although it's one to wait for at the moment, is that YouTube allows uploads from phone formats directly, and in 'YouTube Labs', there is currently an online editing package. Certainly one to look at in the future once it becomes a little more established.

What is very interesting is the replacements for Flash that are out there. I genuinely expect that over the next year or two, flash will steadily be replaced by HTML5 Video and animations. There's already an HTML5 version of YouTube, and if you Google CSS3 Spider Man, the first result is a complete animation (first post so I can't link to it! :@ ) with no embedded video and absolutely no Flash. It's a heck of a lot more lightweight and nicer to the browser than a big clunky flash player too. In my opinion, I think Flash's days are numbered online.