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Many people complained about flash poor performance and acclaimed HTML5 as a technology that will make the web better. Well, in some ways it has, but unfortuna
by pedrokost 16y ago
Many people complained about flash poor performance and acclaimed HTML5 as a technology that will make the web better.
Well, in some ways it has, but unfortunately it will replace Flash for such effects and possibly make it worse. Everyone can write javascript as it's free. Writing Flash effects like that required and additional step: getting the software, which is expensive. This will allow for many more 'funky effects' that will may make the web an awful experience.
Note: The author created this as an experiment, which I strongly encourage. However the sentence "You could use it for nice cheesy banner effects or just to impress your site visitors" announces a misuse of the experiment.
EDIT: Any explanation why this comment was downvoted?
- mcav 16y agoI just assume that any comment is prone to random downvotes on HN these days. I liken it to cosmic rays: something that just happens.
- abstractbill 16y agoWriting Flash effects like that required and additional step: getting the software, which is expensive. This is actually not true - it's quite easy to set up a development using free tools (actually free in both senses of the word). Take a look at haXe for example.
- pedrokost 16y agoIndeed you're right. There is also Flex SDK, however most beginners don't know that, and think they need Flash Pro or Flash Builder to get started.