http://www.walkernews.net/2010/03/02/why-outlook-2007-cannot-play-gif-and-embed-flash-objects/

Web design is better today than ever - and it's continuing to improve. That's not just because there are more web sites out there, so more good stuff to look at. There's still an awful lot of crud too. I just think that more web designers know more about how to design than ever before.