Flash has been dead for several years. The codebase is very hard to port since it contains a lot of ASM optimisation hacks (go read the Adobe developer blogs, it's very interesting). All use cases are gradually being overtaken by HTML5. Flash has no future, and the reason it even has a present is because there still are developers who insist on developing new applications with deprecated end-of-life technologies.
okwii David <[email protected]> wrote: >Now all this talk about Java security vulnerabilities and then Flash >being already dead on mobile...are these signs of ageing and dying >platforms? Just asking! > >On 1/31/13, Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/firefox-to-block-content-based-on-java-reader-and-silverlight/ >> >> Mozilla engineers plan to disable Java, Adobe Reader, and Microsoft >> Silverlight capabilities in their flagship Firefox browser in a move >aimed >> at improving security and performance. >> >> By default, Firefox will load content based on all three plugins only >after >> users click an icon that explicitly permits it. The feature, known as >click >> to play, wasintroduced late last year. Until now, it disabled >out-of-date >> plugins to prevent hack attacks and browser crashing. Sometime soon, >it will >> begin blocking all plug-ins except for the most recent version of >Adobe >> Flash………………... > > >-- >David Okwii, >Technology innovator/catalyst, analyst and blogger, >Senior Editor for the TechPost, >Tech Columnist for ColuredZebra, >Systems & Solutions Administrator for Cured Ltd, >Mobile(default): +256-791-040-262, >Mobile(other): +256-778-706-301, >Website: w <http://oquidave.blogspot.com>ww.techpost.ug >LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/oquidave >Twitter: http://twitter.com/oquidave > >Christ in me the Hope of Glory(Col.1:27) >_______________________________________________ >The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > >Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >[email protected] >Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > >The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them >in any way.
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