This is priceless http://i.imgur.com/3uNsIF2.png
Does anyone know why this is showing up on Github as well? I just saw this banner when I logged in. Why would Github be using Flash? (A quick Google search shows they used to use it for the network graph but it is now Canvas.)
Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
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#172This is priceless http://i.imgur.com/3uNsIF2.png
Does anyone know why this is showing up on Github as well? I just saw this banner when I logged in. Why would Github be using Flash? (A quick Google search shows they used to use it for the network graph but it is now Canvas.)
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#173Earlier quoted context omitted.
And since when you have to please everybody ? Flash developers are a minority, and they have no power to influence the market. The sooner Adobe abandons the dead horse, the better for all of us. Kevin has gone away for years now, and Adobe's force is not based on Flash anymore (disclaimer: I own Adobe stock)
Its not like html5 has all of the features required to replace flash cross platform. These changes force developers, especially those that work in video publishing to implement a variety of implementations for each device whereas flash gave us one platform that technically works on everything but is now disabled intentionally.
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#175Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have a lot of experience of end users and they are forever telling me that they get so many different "Update this", "Update that" windows that they can no longer distinguish real from fake. Some of them have been tricked by fake web site pop-ups as a result, others ignore legitimate update messages. I do not blame them. Internet Explorer and Google Chrome get updated in a way that most end users find to be simple…
Flash bundles things like Chrome, Mcafee etc. That's the real reason they don't want a auto-update. Google pays them a lot for bundling Chrome(I think it's around $1 per install). They keep breaking the auto-update on purpose so that they can make a ton of money by bundling other software. Same with Java updates.
Even Windows has Flash via the updater.
Just about the only browser that use the old API is Firefox.
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#176Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have a lot of experience of end users and they are forever telling me that they get so many different "Update this", "Update that" windows that they can no longer distinguish real from fake. Some of them have been tricked by fake web site pop-ups as a result, others ignore legitimate update messages. I do not blame them. Internet Explorer and Google Chrome get updated in a way that most end users find to be simple…
Yes! I admin my parents' computers and after trying to explain which 'update' windows are genuine, I realised that there just isn't a good way to tell them apart. Silent auto-updates are really the right way to go for non-techies. Even the post-upgrade 'announcement' popups are confusing. For instance, I've installed Ghostery on their computers and the 'ghostery has been updated' popup is just confusing for them, lea…
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"
Re: Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
#177Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does anyone know why this is showing up on Github as well? I just saw this banner when I logged in. Why would Github be using Flash? (A quick Google search shows they used to use it for the network graph but it is now Canvas.)
Github uses flash for the 'copy to clipboard' button to copy an http or ssh url to the clipboard.
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#178Is Shumway ready for production use as a drop in replacement for flash ?
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#179This is priceless http://i.imgur.com/3uNsIF2.png
The final act of HTML5 delusion - it becomes "ready" because we say it's "ready". It's just someone forgot to ask Flash (game) developers' opinion. Not that it matters, right?
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#180Earlier quoted context omitted.
Github uses flash for the 'copy to clipboard' button to copy an http or ssh url to the clipboard.
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And again, a quick Google search shows this [0]. But perhaps you mean a more backwards-compatible solution?