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Wow. I have got to the place in my journey as a software developer that I can actually agree with this statement. Whilst I once dismissed Flash for being being

by fergie 3y ago

Wow. I have got to the place in my journey as a software developer that I can actually agree with this statement. Whilst I once dismissed Flash for being being "proprietary", I can now appreciate it as a great democratising force. Today- if you want to make some cute animations from scratch, you basically have to first work out how to rig up the js development environment de jour, and then delve into some fairly complicated mathematics to make it work. In other words, the type of thing that no spontaneous creative type is going to waste their life on. Flash used to help normal people to make websites. Normal people have stopped making websites. We should bring back Flash, or something like it if we want to maintain a truly decentralised web.

DanielHB 3y ago
I remember everyone absolutely hated flash websites, they were terrible in all aspects. Flash was only really good for animations and games.
- jcelerier 3y ago
  I loved flash websites
- pluijzer 3y ago
  Like the other sibling, I too really liked flash websites. Often they where creative pieces of art. I only started to dislike Flash when switching to Linux. You could only use the 32-bit closed official version from Adobe which was difficult to set up, or use an open source implementation but this one wasn't feature complete. Lots of websites filled in the technical gaps of html/js with flash, which made you dependent on it even for government sites. It wasn't fun to have a Windows partition just to be able to do your tax.
- subtra3t 3y ago
  I think you're extrapolating too far based on just your experience. As evidenced in the other replies to your comment, a lot of people did like Flash.
  - DanielHB 3y ago
    Flash websites were bad much like web apps in phones are bad, it doesn't feel native
  - anthk 3y ago
    I was there. Lots of flies like turds, too. It was unnaccesible, CPU hogging and propietary. It was a dick move against blind people for instance, and for text browser users.

by fergie 3y ago

DanielHB 3y ago

I remember everyone absolutely hated flash websites, they were terrible in all aspects. Flash was only really good for animations and games.

jcelerier 3y ago
I loved flash websites
pluijzer 3y ago
Like the other sibling, I too really liked flash websites. Often they where creative pieces of art. I only started to dislike Flash when switching to Linux. You could only use the 32-bit closed official version from Adobe which was difficult to set up, or use an open source implementation but this one wasn't feature complete. Lots of websites filled in the technical gaps of html/js with flash, which made you dependent on it even for government sites. It wasn't fun to have a Windows partition just to be able to do your tax.
subtra3t 3y ago
I think you're extrapolating too far based on just your experience. As evidenced in the other replies to your comment, a lot of people did like Flash.
- DanielHB 3y ago
  Flash websites were bad much like web apps in phones are bad, it doesn't feel native
- anthk 3y ago
  I was there. Lots of flies like turds, too. It was unnaccesible, CPU hogging and propietary. It was a dick move against blind people for instance, and for text browser users.