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Re: Opera joins in Jobs v Flash argument

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Post by nym »

CoryMathews wrote: post #3

Title is misleading. Opera is not joining jobs and banning Flash. Opera is still supporting Flash. They just said they they agreed that it is not the future and that canvas would replace it on the web.

I think the title is just ambiguous, as in "Opera joins in 'Jobs vs Flash' argument."

Re: Opera joins in Jobs v Flash argument

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Post by pyre »

apphacker wrote: post #2

Seems like a sane sentiment, although I personally think flash still has a place. I don't imagine that five years from now we'll be looking at flash as a relic.

People seem so focused on Flash in relation to games and video online, but they all fail to take into account the ability of Flash to access things like your webcam and microphone. So far as I know, these are not capabilities that are going to be part of HTML5.

Re: Opera joins in Jobs v Flash argument

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Post by jm4 »

CoryMathews wrote: post #3

Title is misleading. Opera is not joining jobs and banning Flash. Opera is still supporting Flash. They just said they they agreed that it is not the future and that canvas would replace it on the web.

The title does not say or imply that they are joining Jobs. It says they are joining the argument.

Re: Opera joins in Jobs v Flash argument

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Post by rimantas »

pyre wrote: post #5
apphacker wrote: post #2

Seems like a sane sentiment, although I personally think flash still has a place. I don't imagine that five years from now we'll be looking at flash as a relic.

People seem so focused on Flash in relation to games and video online, but they all fail to take into account the ability of Flash to access things like your webcam and microphone. So far as I know, these are not capabilities that are going to be part of HTML5.

I have more trust allowing Skype access my webcam and mic. How often are these capabilities of Flash used (besides chatroulette)?

Re: Opera joins in Jobs v Flash argument

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Post by pavlov »

rimantas wrote: post #8
pyre wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People seem so focused on Flash in relation to games and video online, but they all fail to take into account the ability of Flash to access things like your webcam and microphone. So far as I know, these are not capabilities that are going to be part of HTML5.

I have more trust allowing Skype access my webcam and mic. How often are these capabilities of Flash used (besides chatroulette)?

Yes, how often are these capabilities used (besides one of the most phenomenal web applications in recent years, but these parentheses let me pretend that nobody cares about something like that)?
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