[Thanks to everyone who responded.] On Fri, 14 May 2010 07:39:47 -0500 Mark Allums <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 5/13/2010 6:31 PM, Celejar wrote: > > Adobe claims that they publish the Flash specs: > > http://www.adobe.com/choice/openmarkets.html > > > > I always thought that the reason for all the trouble with Flash on > > Linux is that Flash was a closed standard. If the spec is published, > > why are the FLOSS players so far behind Adobe's player? Is it just > > that difficult to design a good player? > > I always perceived a lack of interest. Few people really want to work > on it, it seems. I root for Gnash, but I go ahead and use Adobe's > non-free player. I use Adobe, too, but only because I've never gotten the FLOSS players to work properly. I'd dearly love to ditch Adobe. ... > Flash may not be a priority, sense it performs two functions. One, it > acts as the standard web video player. Two, it tries to be a standard > web programming interface and SDK. > > The former is becoming mooted by the advent of HTML5. The latter is > boring, since there are 1000s of other ways to write programs that run > in web browsers, e.g., Javascript. No one really wants Flash to be the > go-to standard for programming, even if it offers a few shiny gewgaws. > Don't you hate Flash-based sites? I know I do. Of course I do, but as long as they're out there, I need to be able to access them. And I'm not talking about silly games - there are serious sites that require Flash. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
