<my two cents>
My main problem with flash isn't flash isn't self, it's a great
technology
it can do video/picture/sound editing, flashy pretty navigation,
nice vistas
on technology.
My main issue is flash developers, people who commission flash
projects, and
generally folks that only want flash on their site because it
looks pretty.
Flash projects and programmers seem to think there above such
nice ideals such
as progressive enhancement, accessibility, maintenance.
Don't get me work flash has many valid and nice uses to me,
flash is great for
custom web applications embedded on a page, eg video/audio
players or nice
navigation mechanisms (presuming an html backup exists).
However the full flash website idea is a bust to me... Html
works quite well why
try to reinvent the wheel... normally badly.
Wrote all about it yesterday in a bit of a "I've been off work
for 3 days and
my brain is starting to work again" rant on my blog.
The New Adobe Order
http://zapper.hodgers.com/blogg/?p=65
Short version -
"that means no more application design specifications on
napkins please..."
</my two cents>
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Dobson
Sent: 19 November 2008 23:24
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [backstage] Flash everywhere
Paul Battley wrote:
> 2008/11/19 Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Adobe notes that 98 percent of computers have Flash installed, and it
is becoming crucial to have it to enjoy the Internet. That is of course,
unless you own an iPhone.
>
> This is what scares me about Flash. Adobe's gaining a monopoly over
> the internet. Being dependent on one company is a practical drawback
> as well as an ideological one: there's no Flash for 64-bit Linux, for
> example, let alone more obscure platforms, and this is a practical
> barrier to the emergence of new technologies.
My thoughts exactly.
The "98% of (desktop!) computers have Flash installed" is a somewhat
self fulfilling prophecy...
Personally, I don't have flash installed on any of my computers based on
the reasoning that pretty much every *real* website worth it's content
won't use flash (the websites which are unusable without flash are often
big corporate minisites - like film websites)
I make do with several things[1] for the likes of youtube, iplayer etc
where the content can be extracted without the use of flash...
I don't want to get locked into dependence on a flash-dependent world
wide web - so I'm not.
Tim
[1] http://www.blog.tdobson.net/node/168
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