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Cost/benefit seems higher for Flash/Java than browsers. You really need a browser, but you don't really need a [fancy thing that can't be done in JS]. As anothe
by richardw 11y ago
Cost/benefit seems higher for Flash/Java than browsers. You really need a browser, but you don't really need a [fancy thing that can't be done in JS]. As another commenter said, it doubles your attack surface and for little benefit.
Flash game enthusiasts would probably disagree, but most of us can probably do without it given the risk.
- syntheticnature 11y agoAs an enthusiast for a handful of flash games, it is increasingly tempting to make a VM just for running them. Even then, with all the progress in Javascript, it's questionable whether I should bother.
- richardw 11y agoThere are a couple flash games I'd like to keep as well, but mentioning that didn't seem to strengthen my point :) I've since found a few work-related apps that need it. Hiss.