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Six Months Without Adobe Flash, and I Feel Fine

Posted by timothy on from the alternatives-emerge-in-a-wait-no dept.

Reader hessian six months ago de-installed the Adobe Flash player on all of his browsers, probably a prudent move in light of various recent vulnerabilities. "This provoked some shock and incredulity from others. After all, Flash has been an essential content interpreter for over a decade. It filled the gap between an underdeveloped JavaScript and the need for media content like animation, video and so on." But it turns out that life sans Flash can still be worth living. Are there things you rely on that make Flash hard to give up?

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  1. i'd like to see that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "probably a prudent movie"

    where is this movie you speak of, i'd like to watch it on my flash player

  2. Re:Kids by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    One more reason not to have kids.

  3. Re:Kids by lennier1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Saving a shitload of money wasn't enough of a reason?

  4. Re:Live without Java by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

    In an ideal world, I could live a life without Java, but I love my Android phone...

    Stop, stop, you are making Larry Ellison's lawyers cry.

    Wait, actually, that's probably a feature. Carry on.

  5. Re:Kids by lennier1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now, now, we don't even know if he's from New Jersey.