I posted something similar to this over a year ago, but this poster said it better...
(what follows is a paraphrase of *my* question and the answer I got. Both the question and the answer in the link are more complete than the convo I had...)
Basically:
Me (and this poster) "Flash is dying. Why not do all this in HTML5 so Glitch can live on and be used on ipads, etc."
Staff (not sure which).. "nah. Flash is going to live forever. No Problem"
www.glitch.com/forum/genera...
(edited for clarification)