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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. Still hoping they fail completely by EdIII · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's nice and all that they are seemingly committed to creating the greatest HTML5 development tools out there, but I just can't bring myself to trust that company.

    They have notoriously defended their IP with some really dirty behavior and security through obscurity is never a good idea.

    Adobe's idea of document security for the longest time was basically a text warning in the header that said, "Watch out are we will use our friends in the FBI to arrest you and hold you indefinitely".

    They may have some pretty neat products, but that corporate culture just needs to die and go away. Please.

  2. yay a no name site by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Troll

    gratz scribd, you'll have no more impact on my life then you did before html5.

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