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I know we (Google, Apple, and also me) were busy getting rid of Flash and other "impure content" from the web since 2007 (when the iPhone was released) and 2009
by tannhaeuser 7y ago
I know we (Google, Apple, and also me) were busy getting rid of Flash and other "impure content" from the web since 2007 (when the iPhone was released) and 2009 (when HTML5 became a thing), but with only two and a half browser monstrosities left in 2019, and HTML5 basically a failed standard, I'm not sure anymore that it was a good idea. Flash enabled many non-programmers to develop games and educational content (but mostly ads, admittedly), and it's scene graph was a strictly more appropriate approach compared to HTML/DOM and ad-hoc JavaScript libs for the job.