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Scribd Switches To HTML5

Posted by timothy on from the let-a-thousand-documents-bloom dept.

drfreak writes "This story from OSNews describes Scribd, a site for uploading and reading documents, switching from Flash to HTML5. The major reason for the decision was that HTML5 supports all the major points of the site's previous functionality, so they saw no point in using Flash any more. The big improvement in the rollout is that documents are now first-class citizens of HTML and no longer need to sit in a Flash 'window.'"

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  1. Socialcubix by socialcubix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Apple is forcing out flash and encouraging developers to use the HTML 5 and CSS3 for web content. Is this a win for HTML5. Adobe is not pleased with the banning of the Flash to iphone compiler, but that 's not doing to stop them from deveoping ad improving Flash. Since Flash can still do amazing effects that no amount of HTML 5 or Java script can come close to at that speed , Flash have still a huge market. Here are some pros and cons of HTML and Flash Flash Pros Flash players allow for uniformity to all browser. More effects than HTML5 and Javascript. Vector based for easy scaling. Flash Cons Search engines don't read Flash well. SWFs can be take and large while to download. External plugin has to be downloaded to view Flash. HTML5 Pros Very fast with CSS. Canvas and Video. Geolaction API. HTML5 Cons Not ully supported to all browsers. Limited effects and animation. Slower animation than Flash. Should I use Flash?

  2. Re:Hello, mods? by Hurricane78 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Didn’t you know? The trolls now have mod points too! And they mod everything down that they don’t like. No matter if it’s actually true, insightful, informative or anything. The behavior can be compared to religious fundamentalist in rage over you calling out their bullshit.

    I very often post comments that are true but that many people would like to censor, and I got a weird rise in comments being modded Troll or Flamebait for no reason at all. I call those people trollerators. And I fear Slashdot is going down the drains because of them. :/
    (Ok, anyone with a four-digit id might tell me, that it already did a loong time ago. ;)

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  3. Why the hell not? by paiute · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, if you are going there anyway to check it out, you might as well go to my documents:

    http://www.scribd.com/sascoggin

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