Flash-Free Video in 2016

Post by mesh » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 9:21 PM UTC

StillBored wrote: post #129

neals wrote: post #118

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I totally agree. I've worked with AS3 up until a few months ago but have also been moving to HTML5 for a few years besides. The amount of brainpower that is wasted on quirky legacy browser behaviour and the lack of consistency between them makes me long for the days where I could position and measure and control with ease and speed as in Flash.

I might say much the same things about web development in general. Twenty, years later I still think its easier to create a desktop application with a remote SQL back-end than a web app for any moderately complex application. Data aware visual components and the like have only pale imitations in html/javascript/css. Things like crystal reports have been ported to the web environment but along the way seem to have los…

Post by Pxtl » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 9:31 PM UTC

cpeterso wrote: post #113

One advantage of Flash over HTML5 video (in Firefox, at least) is that Flash has its own H.264 decoder for platforms that don't include one (like Windows XP or the "N/KN editions" of Windows for Europe and Korea). Flash can also use the GPU for decoding or compositing of video on XP, providing better performance than Firefox playing VP9 using a software decoder. YouTube recently relegated Flash to the bottom of its l…

Post by isaacremuant » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 9:34 PM UTC

pdxandi wrote: post #84

thiagopnts wrote: post #42

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there is also http://clappr.io

I find that landing page truly frustrating. I can't do anything besides watch the background video and "Star" them on Github.

Post by BatFastard » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 9:37 PM UTC

mesh wrote: post #141

StillBored wrote: post #129

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I might say much the same things about web development in general. Twenty, years later I still think its easier to create a desktop application with a remote SQL back-end than a web app for any moderately complex application. Data aware visual components and the like have only pale imitations in html/javascript/css. Things like crystal reports have been ported to the web environment but along the way seem to have los…

>Flash is now almost dead since Adobe basically pulled the plug on the IDE and there is nothing AS3 devs can do about it. Adobe did not "pull the plug on the IDE". It has been renamed to Adobe Animate to reflect its ability to output to multiple platforms (such at HTML5, video AND Flash). You can still use it to create Flash content, and will continue to be able to do so in the future. More info here: http://blogs.ad…

Post by BatFastard » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 9:41 PM UTC

Pxtl wrote: post #142

j2bax wrote: post #115

I was at a primarily Flash based company during the glory days of Flash and then through the transition to HTML5/JS. While I understand perfectly (and even support) why the shift happened (thanks Steve!), its still frustrating sometimes to know that now, years later we still aren't able to provide the quality of games that we were in Flash 3-4 years ago. We can do a lot, and things have come a ways, but right before…

Not only that, but the GPU exposure to HTML5 creates a massive stability and security risk. Flash failed not just because it was a browser plug-in, but also because it was terrible - Adobe no longer knew how to tame the beast they'd created and the result was terrible performance and bad user-experience. I'm sad a more sane platform for game/video content didn't win. The browser doesn't need to do everything . HTML5…