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SlideShare Ditches Flash, Rebuilds Site In HTML5

Posted by Soulskill on from the writing-on-the-wall dept.

Frankie70 writes "SlideShare has ditched Adobe Flash technology entirely, and rebuilt its website using the HTML5 markup language. This means that SlideShare is now viewable on every kind of mobile device, from iPads to iPhones to Android devices and beyond."

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  1. Questions by ledow · · Score: 2, Insightful

    1) Who the hell are SlideShare?

    2) Why would I care?

    3) What makes it frontpage material for nerds?

    1. Re:Questions by jedidiah · · Score: 2, Insightful

      There is also the issue of content. Just because you use HTML5, it doesn't mean that all devices will magically be able to use your site. The video you are pushing still needs to be something that the clients can decode. This just avoids the "Steve won't let iPhones run Flash" problem.

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    2. Re:Questions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      It all smells like yet another slashvertisement to me...

      "Look, look! HTML5! Come visit our site!
      Please?"