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> it was bad technology Was it really?

• b112 4y ago
  It was horrible. Completely and totally horrible. Adobe very poorly maintained it, it had constant security issues, it was poorly coded, and was abused as an ad platform. When Linux moved to amd64 / 64bit exes, it took them years to port it from 32bit to 64bit. Why? The codebase was a mess, and they put one dude on it, and his complaints leaked all over the place (I'm sorry it's taking me so long, but this codebase is a mess of spaghetti, I'm having to re-write the whole thing, etc).. As with everything Adobe buys, their only goal was to ride it into the ground. It is a testament to how popular flash was, that they even updated it at all, ever! Apple/Jobs may have had fiscal reasons for this move, but it was a great benefit for all regardless.
  • HeckFeck 4y ago
    I had no idea it was this bad behind the curtain. My association with Flash is positive, though entirely for the animation culture it engendered and not the problems like these. I wonder whether Director/Shockwave was any better? Also, mad respect to the developers at http://ruffle.rs http://ruffle.rs, who are having to do it _again_! Maybe they have a chance to implement the Flash runtime cleanly.
• simondotau 4y ago
  Heck yes. This shouldn't even be a controversial statement. Flash was famous for its seemingly perpetual conga line of serious security vulnerabilities. It laughed at the browser security model. The web is a much, much, much, much, much better place because it was forced to die. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Player#Security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Player#Security