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"Today's internet content is dependant on Flash," said Grønvold. "If you remove Flash you do not have today's internet." That may be for some folks I guess. I run Safari with all plugins disabled and I'm able to do anything I want to do on the internet. To me, Flash is irrelevant.
"Opera's growing influence in browsers has been illustrated by the huge take-up of the Opera browser for iPhone" Really? I don't know a single person who has switched to Opera on iPhone.
It was the #1 iPhone app in numerous catgories shortly after it was released, probably where that statement is coming from.
"Today's internet content is dependant on Flash," said Grønvold. "If you remove Flash you do not have today's internet." That may be for some folks I guess. I run Safari with all plugins disabled and I'm able to do anything I want to do on the internet. To me, Flash is irrelevant.
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)?
I'm not defending Flash here. I'm just annoyed when people declare Flash useless because HTML5 'replaces it,' while completely ignoring aspects of it that HTML5 doesn't replace.
What? Canvas of the web? Use it in the quality? Is this regarding ?
"Today's internet content is dependant on Flash," said Grønvold. "If you remove Flash you do not have today's internet." That may be for some folks I guess. I run Safari with all plugins disabled and I'm able to do anything I want to do on the internet. To me, Flash is irrelevant.
of ads.
Well, not really miss :)
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.
http://www.w3.org/2009/05/DeviceAPICharter
I only found out about this a few weeks ago, from another hn link. It's coming :)
"Opera's growing influence in browsers has been illustrated by the huge take-up of the Opera browser for iPhone" Really? I don't know a single person who has switched to Opera on iPhone.