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Yeah, I'm old enough to remember how absolutely fucking garbage Flash was, and the source of many a web-based malware that haunted many a Windows user. I don't
by jterrys 4y ago
Yeah, I'm old enough to remember how absolutely fucking garbage Flash was, and the source of many a web-based malware that haunted many a Windows user. I don't really blame Apple's decision not to support it. There's no way Jobs would've allowed such a disease prone plugin infesting his new platform.
- smaudet 4y agoAre you sure it's any better? Last time I've used a JS heavy site the UX was just utterly awful. Flash had bad bits to be sure but it could be snappy. I had hope we could do better but a lot of sites seem as bad or worse on arguably better hardware. I'm not sure the tech stack was ever to blame...people would have eventually fixed the bad parts of flash.
- duskwuff 4y ago> Last time I've used a JS heavy site the UX was just utterly awful. That's an issue with the web site, not the underlying technology. > […] people would have eventually fixed the bad parts of flash. The Flash plugin was a closed-source component. (Various attempts were made at open-source substitutes, but none ever reached a fully usable state.) The only people who could have "fixed the bad parts of Flash" were Adobe employees, and they didn't.
- satellite2 4y agoIsn't there a bit of an anachronism in your post? I thought the end of flash support happened before his death.