flash was adressing another side of that coin, presentation/appeal/multimedia
ajax was big but at best it meant slightly more dynamic business application, flash made only videos and freeform graphics ubiquitous (for better or worse)
ajax was big but at best it meant slightly more dynamic business application, flash made only videos and freeform graphics ubiquitous (for better or worse)
Flash was only good for games, short animated movies and tolerable for videos and audio (before web video standards).
If any, multimedia was HUGE in late 90's. You would have a CD-ROM for ANY content, hobby or knowledge branch.
And OFC things like Shockwave (and previously, Director) made them ubiquitous.