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Will Flash Be Taken Off The Shelf?

Posted by Hemos on from the battle-continues dept.

bugninja writes "According to an article at News.com, Adobe wins 2.8M from Macromedia today for using some patented interface stuff in Flash. But this isn't the end, further legal battles could require that Flash be removed from Macromedia's list of "products for sale". We may not all be Flash lovers, but is it right to take a good product away from so many people who really do like it just because another company's product isn't taking over the market like they hoped it would?" Update: 05/03 13:29 GMT by J : Speaking of Flash, yesterday eEye discovered a very serious security hole in the version of Flash distributed with most copies of Windows. Go download the fixed release.

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  1. Flash Blows! Choose SVG! by The_THOMAS · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    nuff said

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    1. Re:Flash Blows! Choose SVG! by The_THOMAS · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      SVG is W3C standard. Flash is Macromedia owning your ass. Nuff Said.

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  2. Ah yes by gvonk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why the bloody hell do you have enough karma to get an auto +1? THE LINK HE PUT IN THE PARENT TO YOURS WAS the BT suit. JUST CLICK THE LINK!!! AAAAHHHHH!

    Seriously, though , are you retarded?

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    1. Re:Ah yes by beerits · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      Why the bloody hell do you have enough karma to get an auto +1? THE LINK HE PUT IN THE PARENT TO YOURS WAS the BT suit. JUST CLICK THE LINK!!! AAAAHHHHH!

      Stuff like this used really piss me off too, but I finally realized that posting on /. is like throwing shit at a wall. Throw enough of it and something will stick.

  3. Oh, please, please! by nagora · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Can it be true? Can the web be scoured of Flash at last? I can only hope.

    Why a system for generating/showing cartoons was ever allowed to spread into page layout is beyond me. Flash is the single biggest Web-standards breach in use today.

    Kill it, bury it, and write HTML that people can bookmark, read on text only browsers, and hear on browsers for the disabled.

    Isn't that what we all want: a Web that's available to all? It sure isn't what Macromedia want.

    TWW

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