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Flash ... like zombie which didn't want to remain buried forever. Why does anyone sit down and even think about coding something for that abandoned technology
by frankzander 4y ago
Flash ... like zombie which didn't want to remain buried forever.
Why does anyone sit down and even think about coding something for that abandoned technology fart?
I don't get it.
- Shared404 4y agoThe sheer amount of history and nostalgia that somewhere from 1 - 2 generations have tied up in flash is immense. That history is worth preserving as much as possible, same as any other emulation/implementation. Not too mention however many "Business critical and you must use this flash app" applications there are, which is presumably non 0.
- frankzander 4y agoMaybe preserving history has one good use ... as a warning example to never do that again or "how the web headed in a proprietary direction".
- Shared404 4y agoI would say that Ruffle is my generations equivalent of Mupen64, or many devices on libretro. Why isn't us preserving our childhood games seen as reasonable? Don't get me wrong - I'm glad flash is dead. But I'm also glad what flash programs are out there can be preserved, and that there's a possibility for new, libre, action in that space.
- noduerme 4y agoWhen Adobe triggered the unanticipated total shutdown of Flash player which they had inserted as a time bomb, I found myself rewriting crucial business software, and an entire city rail system in China had to shut down... https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/end-adobe-flash-broke-chinese-001715924.html https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/end-adobe-flash-broke-chines...
- astrobe_ 4y agoWASM bringing back Flash from the dead... Oh, the irony...
- pjmlp 4y agoNot only Flash, Java applets, SilverLight and ActiveX as well. As plugins user I rejoice that WASM is trying to be so much that in the end all plugins are back.