Getting over Flash

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  • zaq1

    This webpage reflects on the impact and legacy of Flash, a once-dominant multimedia platform that significantly influenced the web. It discusses Flash's role in enabling interactive and multimedia content, filling a gap in early web technology, and its influence on online culture and gaming. The page highlights Flash's benefits, such as its cross-platform compatibility and design capabilities, as well as its drawbacks, including security issues, performance problems, and accessibility challenges. The text also mentions the eventual decline of Flash due to the emergence of open web standards and the iPhone's refusal to support it. The author expresses gratitude for Flash's influence on modern web expectations while acknowledging its shortcomings.

    https://goodinternetmagazine.com…

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    • OBBTKN4

      I think I already mentioned this before, but I personally am a thousand times grateful to Flash.

      Financially, because thanks to it, I was able to make many very profitable projects when I needed to most (raising two daughters is no joke).

      And creatively, it was a dream come true if you were an illustrator and infographic artist, like I was. I had a blast working with him!

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      • with him? Are you talking about the superhero?CyBrainX
      • I used it regularly for 13 years. I resented the hell out of Steve Jobs for telling everyone to stop using it.CyBrainX
      • Argh... "...working with it..."OBBTKN
      • Steve had nothing to do with ADOBE deciding to kill flash when clearly they had the customer base to keep it alive, and didn’t need to bow down to a tiny aaplemonospaced
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