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Google May Free The World From Flash Slavery
- radley 17y agoDisclaimer - I posted this and I'm a Flash guy...
- wglb 17y agoA central point in the article is that Google, which controls lots of video through Youtube, could drop flash and use its own freely available technology. There are some errors and biases in the article, for example doesn't threaten Apple's 'control' over its users -- I think Apple is interested in controlling the applications on its platform, not the users. And perhaps I am in an isolated corner of the midwest, but this seems to be the first time that I have seen the term Muktware, and wherever it appears, it is accompanied by (Open Source) or explanation. So why use Muktware? Then, the last line of the article, often the most important and the one to likely leave a lasting impression is Google, are you listing?. I imagine one could go look at the streetview of their campus to detect any lean (list), but perhaps the author meant Google, are you listening?
- GHFigs 17y agoIt was very strange reading that article next to a pair of Flash-based Google ads.
- CognitiveLens 17y agoThis is probably the least insightful article I've read on the future of Flash. The author rightly comments on Flash's growing power as an application platform, but then ignores that entirely by discussing how Google can offer an alternative video platform. Sure, Flash is dominant in online video streaming currently, but that doesn't mean that it goes away when the niche can be covered by an alternative technology. Flash is so much more than video - let me know when there is a true alternative vector-based non-linear animation and application platform.