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zwetan
9y ago
simply look at the tools you can find on Github or similar: issue tracker, wiki, versioning of release, etc.
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zwetan
9y ago
Adobe removed the need to have license afterwards
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zwetan
9y ago
And yet the SPA (Single Page Application) of today share the very same flaws.
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zwetan
9y ago
Then you should check FlexJS [0] Also checkout the last FlexJS Summit at ApacheCon Miami 2017 [1] [0]: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/FlexJS [1]: https://www.youtube.com/play
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zwetan
9y ago
About the open source AVM2, there are in total 3 versions: The tamarin project on Mozilla mercurial with tamarin-central [0] and tamarin-redux [1] Then after the project got abandoned, Adobe renamed it to avmplus and moved it to github [2]
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zwetan
9y ago
interesting, and to put in relation with those other articles Mother tongue may determine maths skills [0] Does the Language I Speak Influence the Way I Think? [1] [0]: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9422-mother
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zwetan
10y ago
it is not the same security context between web/browser apps and desktop apps wether there is a VM involved or not. A browser can load remote payload (not under user control) that can then exploit browsers flaw, Flash AVM2 flaw, etc. O
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zwetan
10y ago
that does not apply to desktop app
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zwetan
10y ago
considering Adobe MAX 2016 Resources about 8 Billions AIR Applications installs, I would not call that a flop see here for more numbers and details https://discuss.as3lang.org/t/adobe-air-by-the-numbers/476
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zwetan
10y ago
you still can, it is called a "projector", you basically merge the Flash Standalone player exe with a SWF into one executable.
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zwetan
10y ago
well... actually "flash for desktop" best known as Adobe AIR is a pretty good alternative to Electron.
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zwetan
10y ago
Adobe AIR 2.6 does run on Linux
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zwetan
10y ago
no mention of Adobe AIR which can build GUI app for desktop and mobile for example: Balsamiq Mockups [0] also tons of case studies [1] [0]: https://balsamiq.com/products/mockups/ [1]: http://www.adobe.c
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zwetan
10y ago
I reject all that too, the recruitment process is broken, it's not even the riddles it is the stupidity of some tests for the "less bright" companies. But every problem is an opportunity :), now most of my freelance work are
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zwetan
10y ago
So that means you will use pre TLS v1.0 to support those browsers that can not deal with SNI. You must feel very smart to be able to support old Android browsers like Gingerbread which represent 1% of the Android market share [0], and iOS p
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zwetan
10y ago
"This means you cannot have multiple HTTPS sites hosted from the same IP address." Is that some kind of joke? Yes you can, unless you want to support very old browsers [0] which would defeat the whole purpose of using SSL/TLS
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zwetan
10y ago
surprised about this specific part "bytecode can increase your load-time (it’s larger)" how come bytecode is larger than plain text? I don't know the specifics of the V8 bytecode, but for the AVM2 which load pre-compiled Acti
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zwetan
10y ago
ActionScript 3 purpose: sysadmin, automation, server-side programming, daemon, shell / interactive shell, command-line tools etc. well ... it's not that old (cerca 2006) but it is considered dead LOL
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zwetan
10y ago
You, as a user, are geolocked, it's not only Google, it's everyone. The only excuse they have to do that is the different countries legislation, but besides that, like any geolocking, it's just not fit for "I can access
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zwetan
10y ago
for those interested in detail etc. you can find a POC here https://github.com/jedisct1/blacknurse
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zwetan
10y ago
I think the problem is not about finding resources but about culture of the country and their work culture I'm French, long time ago as long as I was looking from France to work in the UK, about 9 out of 10 recruiters ignored me. Once
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zwetan
10y ago
I completely uninstalled dropbox desktop client and replaced it with expandrive [0] which I was already using for mounting drives trough SSH [0]: http://www.expandrive.com
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zwetan
10y ago
To me this just prove that wether a spec or standard is in place. it does not really matter. In this case we have the weight of Google that says "oh it's in the spec so we can do it". In other case we have a standard like E4X
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zwetan
10y ago
"Adobe’s AIR system enabled developers" it still does, AIR v1.0 was in 2006, we are now at v23.0 Electron is nice but a whole browser engine is a big bloat, you can easily reach 150MB. Not to go into a debate JS vs AS3, but the AI
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zwetan
10y ago
Redtamarin: AS3 running on the command line / server side Basically, based out of the Tamarin [1] / avmplus [2] open source project (not updated anymore) the goal is to develop the runtime to support more native functionalities an
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zwetan
10y ago
There is also pain to test web apps for numerous browsers (so much fun on mobile) in term of security, popular browsers are in the top 10 of most exploited software so yeah the delivery model is nice, the update model too, but still I'
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zwetan
10y ago
sure there are no browser exploits at all ... Top 50 Products By Total Number Of "Distinct" Vulnerabilities http://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-products.php #3 Firefox #4 Chrome #7 Internet Explorer
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zwetan
10y ago
and yet 20 years later, the situation is not that better ... each browser vendors is still fighting the other ones by adding features that make their browser the platform of choice like chrome API only available for the chrome app store let
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zwetan
10y ago
OK... french guy here and yep I gonna rant as french usually do I don't really have any problem with the concept/idea (if there is an idea in the first place) but why oh why someone in 2016 thought it was a good idea to call a pho
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zwetan
10y ago
I'm a big fan of mac minis but the RAM soldered on board is a "no go" for me and so also thinking of going hackintosh only for that reason.
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