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HTML5 replacing Flash? BBC is latest to edge away

article published on 1 October, 2015

Why is everybody seemingly running with open arms to HTML5, and away from Adobe Flash? Back in 2007, it was considered a drawback that Apple would snub Adobe's Flash plugin in the browser on its brand new iPhone, and it would later continue to ignore Flash products in future iPhones, iPods and iPads. Adobe even stated that Apple's decision meant that users were being denied a full web ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0

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3. October 2015 @ 00:06

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As an 18 year tenured veteran in IT and a leading network engineer, I can say with certainty where the article headlines using a question mark, FLASH IS IMMINENTLY DEAD!

It's been a problem for a decade now and long overdue to be replaced.
Java too. These two programs have caused LIKELY 80+ percent of the world's malware, viruses and other malicious software. One click of web link and that's it...program running to do what it does.

While I'm not a programmer, I hope that HTML5 is more open-source to bring about a variety of exploit-resistant solutions...rather than the single target and rarely fixed Flash/Java driven and restricted by money and money only.

I'm so anti Adobe though. That company sucks and devs crap software that is heavy, and bloated. Their CS suite is the only decent thing they have........PERIOD!

And EVERYBODY is changing to HTML5. Some porn sites are lagging behind though. :)

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audvare

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18. October 2015 @ 00:35

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Some porn sites are lagging behind though. :)

Most do have HTML 5 but only for mobile in those cases. Most stick to flash by default. If you disable flash and change your user agent to a mobile one but as a tablet like an iPad, you will probably get their HTML 5 player if they have one.

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Their CS suite is the only decent thing they have........PERIOD!

Their CS suite includes Flash. Always has since the acquisition of Macromedia.

I think Flash and others are not necessarily dead because I think they will still be used to create decent stand-alone apps, including ones that convert for mobile. Tons of games for iOS and Android have been made using Flash. It is similar to how a lot of games use Unity.

Flash in the browser is not gone because plugins are not gone yet. And the next plugin is going to be Unity until browsers catch up. Just like Flash had incredible performance for vector graphics compared to all alternatives at the time.

http://www.develop-online.net/news/unit...t-html5/0110649 (but not now)

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