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Imagine you could go back in time to Flash web devs and show them what you can do now...

• pier25 5y ago
  Is this sarcasm? :) Flash had GPU acceleration 10 years ago.
  • douglee650 5y ago
    I think the point being made here is what can be done in the browser only, sans extensions
  • spicybright 5y ago
    For real. No one would be impressed by that. I can't help thinking a majority of comments like GP never actually used flash or was active on the internet during it's height. Flash devs from 10 yeasr ago would only be impressed by how many new APIs to talk to the host OS there are. Flash had a lot like a file API, local storage, and webcam support. But there's definitely a ton more now.
  • kitsunesoba 5y ago
    It came at a steep cost, though. As cool as the various things built with flash were, my GPU and CPU staying spun up and turning my computer into an oven because of a flash banner ad in a tab open somewhere wasn’t.
    • pier25 5y ago
      I agree, but let's not forget GPUs have improved considerably in the past decade.