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From: nospam on 23 Mar 2010 23:25 In article <230320102315254192%star(a)sky.net>, Davoud <star(a)sky.net> wrote: > As a user of of iPhone since day 2 I have never once wished it had > Flash. I recently took a non-scientific poll of friends and family on > the subject--a dozen or so people with iPhones--and only one said that > they had been hindered on one occasion by not having Flash on their > iPhone. She was unable to "build and price" a new car on a > manufacturer's site. Mostly the people I asked, tech-savvy /users/ , > all, did not know or did not care that Flash is not supported on their > iPhones; they didn't miss it. between mobile friendly sites (which don't have flash) and native apps, there's very little need.
From: dorayme on 24 Mar 2010 05:26 In article <80smt2F9kaU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote: > On 2010-03-23 2:58 PM, Warren Oates wrote: > > > These guys are a bit like Bible John. Steve Jobs says "Flash is evil" > > and they all say "oh yea oh yea Steve thy word is righteous." > > For the record, I've hated Flash since well before Jobs said anything. Why apart from the misuse of it? I have seen some nice things from established movie directors, nothing wrong with that! Flash is compact, and it is highly developed and almost everyone has the read version (compare that with QT if you like) -- dorayme
From: Warren Oates on 24 Mar 2010 07:25 In article <C7CEDA54.48D946%bobhaar(a)me.com>, Robert Haar <bobhaar(a)me.com> wrote: > My iPhone and the three Macs in my house. The Macs "could" support Flash but > don't because I haven't and won't install it. Ah, see, I understand the iPhone, but you're just another zealot. Flash isn't mentioned in the Bible. When I was a lad (WIWAL), I was housed with these "Church of Christ" morons; they didn't have musical instruments in their church services because it "wasn't mentioned in the Bible" but they drove Chevrolets and crapped into flush toilets and kept their extensive savings in the Bank of Montreal, none of which stands out as being "mentioned in the Bible." Ah well. I use Flash, it's fun, it's useful, and it will eventually find its way onto the iPad. -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Jeffrey Goldberg on 24 Mar 2010 08:47 On 2010-03-24 4:26 AM, dorayme wrote: > In article <80smt2F9kaU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote: >> For the record, I've hated Flash since well before Jobs said anything. > > Why apart from the misuse of it? It is a security nightmare. Its frequent use on the web where HTML should be makes sites that have severe accessibility problems, don't index properly, "text" is unselectable, ... Here's a partial list http://www.granneman.com/webdev/graphicsmultimedia/multimedia/flash/whatswrongwithflash/ -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://goldmark.org/jeff/ I rarely read HTML or poorly quoting posts Reply-To address is valid
From: dorayme on 24 Mar 2010 17:13
In article <80ufvpFbp7U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote: > On 2010-03-24 4:26 AM, dorayme wrote: > > In article <80smt2F9kaU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > > Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote: > > >> For the record, I've hated Flash since well before Jobs said anything. > > > > Why apart from the misuse of it? > > It is a security nightmare. > > Its frequent use on the web where HTML should be Well, I classify these things, in this already dangerous world, as misuse... The world would be a worse place without beer. Very few beers are really good, and very much (mostly low quality) are drunk with terrible consequences... Maybe you hate Flash in the way a socially conscious person might hate beer? -- dorayme |