Bill Horne wrote: > On 9/21/2019 10:05 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > > And, I know that Flash's EOL is the end of next year, and good riddance. > > > I've never understood what Flash does or is supposed to do: what is it for?
It's a language plus IDE plus runtime environment that offers easy interactive programs. There was a runtime player available for most browsers. People used to write games and video players in it. Problems: closed source, no open protocols, not particularly good at adapting to different screen sizes and shapes. And the security story was non-existent. It's been effectively replaced by JavaScript, which doesn't have any of those problems, but is less user-friendly. -dsr- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
