Earlier quoted context omitted.
We thought the Downloads feature was doing more harm than good in its previous form. Quality-wise it just wasn't up to snuff (failed frequently, flash, lack of design). Bad experiences on the site need to be fixed or killed. No one was willing to dedicate time to fixing it because they felt their time was better spent on other things so that left killing it. The timing of the Releases feature only entered into the de…
Huh? This one requires flash too AFAICT!
I sought and got clarification from Github. The Flash is only for copy-to-clipboard functionality. Not related to Releases.