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> When Wix started, we had a Flash-based product—both the Editor and the created sites were Flash applications—which turned into a second monolith (especially t
by buckbova 11y ago
> When Wix started, we had a Flash-based product—both the Editor and the created sites were Flash applications—which turned into a second monolith (especially the Editor application).
These flash sites were ugly, even for the time. I'm amazed the company has done so well.
In the beginning I'd expect it'd be easy to scale. User would create a flash based site with the tool and server would host that file.
- fapjacks 11y agoThe company has done so well because they essentially hijack your content. With their flash site shit, once your content was uploaded into their "site creator" you cannot get it back under any circumstances. People gave Wix a try and a year later, when they wanted to switch providers because Wix is so awful and slow, they found that none of their content could be retrieved, and would be deleted unless they paid for another year, and another, and so on.