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I can really get behind this sentiment, even as the upstream commenter. Personally, I find the loss of Flash less interesting than the kind of consensus-realit
by rendall 5y ago
I can really get behind this sentiment, even as the upstream commenter.
Personally, I find the loss of Flash less interesting than the kind of consensus-reality-warp that happened.
An article like [1] raised no cranky, contrarian alarms in anyone. Just, repeating "riddled with security holes" at everyone.
[1] https://www.wired.com/2015/07/adobe-flash-player-die/ https://www.wired.com/2015/07/adobe-flash-player-die/
- npteljes 5y agoYeah I remember these, like with Internet Explorer, the popular sentiment was to cheer for Flash dying. At most some people were afraid that the creative treasure trove will fade into inaccessibility. Public opinion really is played as a fiddle, by interests with deep pockets.
- int_19h 5y agoThe popular sentiment was shaped by gratuitous use of Flash for websites that weren't games or even apps, but that were done entirely in Flash just so they could have cute animated menus and whatnot. A typical website like that would be slow to load, have fixed-size layout, broken URL bar navigation, most text wouldn't be selectable, and accessibility tools would often be broken. And yet that was the "Flash experience" for the majority of web users who were not into browser games... Well, that, and animated ads.