"Reaction [beta]"
A Flash renaissance? 19 Feb 2007
Jeff Croft wants to initiate a Flash resurgence:
"Yeah, it's not a standard. Yeah, it requires a plugin. Yeah, it can be abused. Yeah, it requires you to sell your soul to Macrodobe. And yeah, it means you'll have to admit that web standards aren't the be-all-and-end-all of everything. But Flash is incredibly ubiquitous, renders exactly the same in every browser, has a new-version adoption rate that puts every browser's to shame - and you can do some pretty amazing stuff with it.
"So let's get off our standards high-horse and kickstart us some Flash 2.0 (but seriously - don't call it that. No, really, I mean it.)"
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PJ 19 Feb 2007 01:50 PM
"Yeah, it's not a standard. Yeah, it requires a plugin. Yeah, it can be abused. Yeah, it requires you to sell your soul to Macrodobe. And yeah, it means you'll have to admit that web standards aren't the be-all-and-end-all of everything."
IMO you can't simply dismiss these issues by putting the word "Yeah" in front of them. They are massive!
Andy M 20 Feb 2007 12:12 PM
Flash has always been the mainstay for those that can't be bothered to learn three technologies (HTML, CSS and JS) and/or are too lazy to test with multiple browser / platform combos. The problem is therefore not so much Flash, but those that use Flash.
oem software 16 Jan 2012 11:45 PM
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