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Flash should have died with the emergence of HTML5. I'm surprised it's made it this far.
The main problem has been that until recently there were no decent multimedia content creation tools apart from Flash. So if you were developing for a website and wanted rich multimedia content, you didn't have much choice. Tumult changed all that with Hype, which started off tentatively but has developed into an amazing content creator that's entirely HTML5-based. It can do much of what Flash could, but in a much more intuitive interface.

I knew that Flash's days were over when Media Boom converted their entire site to HTML5. They used to be fully entrenched in Flash and it must have taken them a lot of work (and money) to make the change. But their efforts have paid off.
 
The main problem has been that until recently there were no decent multimedia content creation tools apart from Flash. So if you were developing for a website and wanted rich multimedia content, you didn't have much choice. Tumult changed all that with Hype, which started off tentatively but has developed into an amazing content creator that's entirely HTML5-based. It can do much of what Flash could, but in a much more intuitive interface.

I knew that Flash's days were over when Media Boom converted their entire site to HTML5. They used to be fully entrenched in Flash and it must have taken them a lot of work (and money) to make the change. But their efforts have paid off.
That's a very nice website.
 
We interrupt this rant for a question: Does anyone know why selecting "Allow Adobe to install updates" in the Flash Preferences Pane does not actually allow Adobe to install updates?
 
The only site I use that still uses flash is Speedtest.net. And honestly I hate it. It's riddled with adds and still on flash but it seems to provide the most accurate tests.

Are there any other reliable speed test sites?
 
It seems that people are viewing this as "Adobe originally coded Flash really poorly, and now they are cleaning up their mess", but I don't think it's that simple. I just think that it's a very complex piece of machinery with thousands of lines of legacy code, and many different attack vectors. The fact that Adobe is searching for these issues, and releasing updates on a regular basis should be seen as a good thing. While I agree that Flash has seen its day, and newer tech is replacing it, I am feeling a bit bad that Adobe's efforts are being bashed. If they *didn't * do anything about known issues, or took a really long time, then I could see justification for public bashing. :)


Yes, but one of the reasons the Jobs hated Flash so much was that information that Apple collected about Flash indicated it accounted for the a disproportionately high number of system crashes. It's not like Flash started out well and the went to seed. It sucked when it was first released, and it still sucks. Adobe has created some amazing pieces of software - Flash isn't among them.

Anybody else remember the debates in MR about not having Flash on the iPhone? I hope all those Flash developers that tried to defend it back then have moved on to do something productive with their lives.
 
The only remaining use I have for Flash is online games. Yes many now have mobile versions, but I find onscreen controls much worse than a KB and mouse. There's nothing worse than dying because your fingers were obscuring an imminent threat. Nearly all web based games aimed at kids seem to still rely on Flash too.

For top quality games there are services like Steam, but there are hundreds of millions of free-to-play gamers who like to compete against each other (head to head or simply in the accumulation of high scores or honours). Is there another technology that will allow such games to be produced?
 
Preference panel only has option to update Flash, not uninstall it?

Nvm, I just found the uninstaller on Adobe's website. Bye, bye flash
 
Basically the same discussion gets repeated with pretty much every article about Flash updates.
 
Being a cord-cutter, I still need Flash for many video sites... CBSNews, NASA-TV, BBC, ect. I have also been noticing some issues with Safari's playing HTML5 video. The quality isn't quite as good as Flash and some voice tracks will get off sync over time. It's like watching an old dubbed Chinese Kung Fu movie.
 
Or that all websites stop using it and adopt JavaScript or HTML5, so we can stop this annoying and continuous cycle of Adobe Flash vulnerabilities and security threats with constant patches.
I think the only way all websites to stop using it is if they're forced to because it's no longer available. Which is why I tend to be with Apple's mindset for getting rid of old technologies like floppy disks and headphone jacks. A lot of people don't voluntarily change things too often.
 
The only site I use that still uses flash is Speedtest.net. And honestly I hate it. It's riddled with adds and still on flash but it seems to provide the most accurate tests.

Are there any other reliable speed test sites?
Use an ad blocker and its (beta?) HTML5 site without flash and Speedtest is still good...
 
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