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I feel like applying for a job at the New York Times just so I can fix their terrible Flash-based gallery software which is used in this article and many others

by tlack 16y ago

I feel like applying for a job at the New York Times just so I can fix their terrible Flash-based gallery software which is used in this article and many others recently. Totally kills the otherwise-interesting browsing experience for me. HTML5 would be more than sufficient for this.

harshpotatoes 16y ago
I'm curious, but how does flash detract from the browsing experience/ or how would html5 add to the browsing experience? To me it just seems like choosing one programming language over another...
- tlack 16y ago
  The Flash is buggy; when I mouse over the items, the little label doesn't "unfold" until about 10 seconds after I move my mouse out of the photo. I can see what it's trying to do -- it unfolds for an excruciating split second -- but I can't interact with the movie. HTML works on more devices, requires fewer resources for an application like this, and usually works more reliably in my recent experience. Why use Flash for this interface?
thechangelog 16y ago
So would HTML 4.
- elblanco 16y ago
  Or HTML <insert any version with embeddable images and hypertext links>.