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They never did solve the security issues around either one though, not to mention performance issues. I remember flash in particular had a lot of nasty security
by no_wizard 6y ago
They never did solve the security issues around either one though, not to mention performance issues. I remember flash in particular had a lot of nasty security vulnerabilities, and I remember Java applets that we’re memory hogs. I use to play online chess through a Java applet via FICS, and it never did perform well at all
- tambourine_man 6y agoOr integration. You had to jump through a lot of hoops to access the DOM. The embed/object was a black box, the browser had no idea what happened inside and vice-versa.
- tyingq 6y agoOn the other hand, browsers relaxed some security around things like the clipboard, partially because people were using Flash to go around them.