Flash-Free Video in 2016

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Post by flavioribeiro » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 5:10 PM UTC

Flash-Free Video in 2016
open.blogs.nytimes.com

Re: Flash-Free Video in 2016

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Post by grabcocque » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 5:19 PM UTC

So, basically Flash lives on because advertisers are still looking for a way to track us without our permission.

Gee thanks.

Re: Flash-Free Video in 2016

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Post by gue5t » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 5:24 PM UTC

grabcocque wrote: post #2

So, basically Flash lives on because advertisers are still looking for a way to track us without our permission. Gee thanks.

All closed technology, on some level, exists to perpetuate coercion. This is the thesis of the free software movement.

Re: Flash-Free Video in 2016

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Post by tbrock » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 5:31 PM UTC

Sometimes I think Steve Jobs' greatest contribution may have been killing flash. Today is a glorious day.

Re: Flash-Free Video in 2016

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Post by jmstickney » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 5:34 PM UTC

If they still serve video via Brightcove, seems like a big win for the Zencoder acquisition, which included the video.js player. I do see video.js in the source.

Re: Flash-Free Video in 2016

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Post by elorant » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 5:34 PM UTC

grabcocque wrote: post #2

So, basically Flash lives on because advertisers are still looking for a way to track us without our permission. Gee thanks.

They don't need Flash to track us. Google does it just fine without it.

Re: Flash-Free Video in 2016

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Post by wanderfowl » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 5:40 PM UTC

This is excellent, and sounds like the result of hard work and harder cajoling of the ad-men. Thanks, NYT, for doing your part.

Re: Flash-Free Video in 2016

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Post by artursapek » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 5:44 PM UTC

"VHS"

Re: Flash-Free Video in 2016

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Post by bennettfeely » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 5:45 PM UTC

Perhaps a little off-topic but it would be nice if NPR could HTML5-up their web radio player also.

Re: Flash-Free Video in 2016

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Post by smaili » Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 5:48 PM UTC

Fantastic news and congrats to the NY Times team.

Does anyone know, who at this point still continues to use Flash?