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World would be such a better place if we could get rid entirely of Flash and Java for the web. It's not only the exploits, the fact that they are so frequent a
by Mahn 14y ago
World would be such a better place if we could get rid entirely of Flash and Java for the web.
It's not only the exploits, the fact that they are so frequent also means users got to update both Java and Flash almost every single day, which is a terrible user experience.
- tomjen3 14y agoGet everybody on at least IE 9 and then there is basically no reason to use flash. Canvas + HTML5 video can basically anything people use to do today. And yes I know, HTML5 development is my job.
- _delirium 14y agoFlash still seems more popular for webgame development. I've run across a handful of HTML5 games, but many more Flash games. Not entirely sure why. Libraries, maybe? Is there something comparable to Flixel for HTML5?
- tomjen3 14y agoCreatejs? Or just write your own.
- Encosia 14y agoThere are solutions in the works, but precisely timed audio (like games need) is still problematic in HTML5.
- tomjen3 14y agoThat is funny, but we haven't had that problem.
- Liongadev 14y ago99% of all Webbased gaming is flash. Why? Because HTML5 is about at a point where flash was 5 years ago. Thats not just my opionion but facts (see all game portals, FB game etc.) and what the big guys say (http://www.wooga.com/press/releases/wooga-html5-project-goes-open-source/ http://www.wooga.com/press/releases/wooga-html5-project-goes...)
- radd9er 14y agoUsing the html 5 video player sucks pretty bad in my experience (coursera).