I still don't buy your arguments. You seem to have good intentions but the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Saying that you know best doesn't cut it.
On Jun 24, 2009, at 2:43 PM, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: Rights and freedoms are of the few things worth going to war for. I know that some people would argue that they want the "freedom" to view flash, but it doesn't work like that. Supporting them = enabling them to oppress you. There are ALTERNATIVES to flash that do the SAME THING, which are OPEN, and well supported at the browser level. Wouldn't it be nice if those were used INSTEAD? Say for example, SMIL? And take all those stupid video sites that use flash-based video players... THERE IS NO REASON to be doing that. Just link to the video file and it'll play! On Jun 24, 1:31 pm, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: Thinking like that is how wars get started. On Jun 24, 2009, at 9:25 AM, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: You people are missing the point. Historically, flash has been extremely slow to support multiple platforms. It is closed-source proprietary nonsense being used in a medium that depends on open standards. If you want to develop a website to be compatible with the greatest number of clients, you do NOT use flash. Use of flash does and WILL ALWAYS cause problems for a LOT of people, therefore since there are some very stupid developers who actually use it, the only solution is to eliminate flash. You can't use what doesn't exist. And you're talking about getting a better processor? Flash is a burden to even the latest 4+ core desktop/server chips... this is a mobile phone forum. On Jun 24, 7:13 am, Yuri Ammosov - Sadko Mobile <[email protected]> wrote: And it will really help mobile adoption, too. On Jun 24, 12:17 am, ram1024 <[email protected]> wrote: flash is simply a richer internet experience. to pay for it, you foot the higher bandwidth and processor overhead. it's an option, a welcome one to a lot of people. and smart people developing for the internet will still optimize mobile sites to run well on mobile devices. keep in mind that flash came to being as a way to deliver animation, games, and applications with low overhead at inception. its portability and functionality is what lead to widespread adoption. frankly if you don't want it, turn it off. but don't begrudge the people that do want it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
