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> I have yet to find an alternative that can come anywhere close to this. It wasn't the technology, it was the economy. In the late 90's consumer internet upt
by newacct583 6y ago
> I have yet to find an alternative that can come anywhere close to this.
It wasn't the technology, it was the economy. In the late 90's consumer internet uptake was growing literally exponentially, but the population of hackers who could provide content was lagging terribly.
I mean, obviously Flash was probably the best option for that particular niche, but if it didn't exist something else would have happened.
- barry-cotter 6y agoAnd yet no one has built anything like it since. No one has even built a tool that’s has as low a barrier to entry for either of creating animations or making games, never mind one with both that low barrier to entry and no upper limit to the quality of what you can make with it.
- newacct583 6y ago> And yet no one has built anything like it since. Because it's not the technology, it's the economy! You can't build another Flash, because no such product could exist. We're awash with talented content generation for the connected modern society. There's no niche for hacker students to fill, with any tool.
- skocznymroczny 6y agoIt was the technology. It was the drag and drop IDE. HTML5 is not a replacement because it doesn't have the drag and drop element.