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Jump back in time with HTML5

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Re: Jump back in time with HTML5

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Post by Yaggo »

I don't even consider Flash as part of the web. For me, the whole web ecosystem is about open, human-readable, text-based formats – namely HTML, CSS, JS – backed by several high quality (open source) runtimes available for virtually any platform. No authoring tools needed beyond text editor, source viewable by anyone. You can even access the content with tools like curl and grep.

Flash is nothing more than arbitrary, proprietary binary thingy, which just happens to have a runtime implemented for plugin APIs of few selected browsers on few selected platforms.

Re: Jump back in time with HTML5

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Post by cracell »

jasonlotito wrote: post #27
ErrantX wrote: post #8

Great so flash has set the groundwork for this kind of capability. But I'm confused as to the motivation behind this; certainly it highlights the fact that HTML5 is only just coming into beginning as a standard. That we are only just working to replace flash with totally open standards. Beyond that I don't see a cohesive argument in favor of flash. It's mostly just mud throwing (note: I was equally derisive of Apples…

The argument for HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, etc isn't an argument against Flash. I don't see this page as suggesting HTML5 is bad, either, and that we shouldn't work on it. However, you have to admit there is a LOT of backlash against Flash for HTML5, and a lot of people suggesting that HTML5 can replace Flash now. Everything I've seen from the Flash community has been pretty reasoned: they are fine with HTML5, and wan…

(I'm a Web Developer) The big issue I have with Flash Developers is that they use Flash for everything as it's what they know. Which I get, and sometimes that is the right route to take. Learning a new technology takes a long time and you often aren't going to get it right the first time.

But a professional website needs to use the right tool for the problem and very very often Flash is a substandard tool for the problem and is simply used because that's what the developer knows.

Flash Developers don't want a move away from Flash because they already know Flash and appreciate a lot of it's capabilities. And Web Developers want people to stop using something that crashes their non-windows browser and is often used to create low quality interfaces and break browser features.

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