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A Farewell To Flash

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-a-decade-too-soon dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The decline of Flash is well and truly underway. Media publishers now have no choice but to start changing the way they bring content to the web. Many of them are not thrilled about the proposition (change is scary), but it will almost certainly be better for all of us in the long run. "By switching their platform to HTML5, companies can improve supportability, development time will decrease and the duplicative efforts of supporting two code bases will be eliminated. It will also result in lower operating costs and a consistent user experience between desktop and mobile web." This is on top of the speed, efficiency, and security benefits for consumers. "A major concern for publishers today is the amount of media consumption that's occurring in mobile environments. They need to prioritize providing the best possible experience on mobile, and the decline of Flash and movement to HTML5 will do just that, as Flash has never worked well on mobile."

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  1. Again? by Lumpio- · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How many times have we already said farewell to Flash and it still refuses to die...

    1. Re:Again? by grimmjeeper · · Score: 5, Insightful

      YouTube moving away was indeed a big step. The bigger step that is needed will be when porn moves away from Flash. Until they do, the installed base of flash will not significantly diminish and there will be little incentive for anyone else to move away.

    2. Re:Again? by MickyTheIdiot · · Score: 5, Insightful

      If you can watch it on a screen you can rip it... even if it means you point a videocamera at the screen you can rip it.

      Your comment is flawed for the same reason DRM is flawed. The only way to NEVER be able to copy digital content is to not allow anyone to see it.

  2. Re:Slashdot ads by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here's why I disable ads on Slashdot: VIDEO!

    If all their ads were static, I would be happy to uncheck Disable Ads...

    Agreed. Same here. Back in the days of flat banner ads - which could be "click to follow link that will play video" - I let the ads display. But sound and giant honking autoplay downloads mean I disable advertising on Slashdot.

    If advertising behaved, I'd turn it on again.

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