It has occurred to me that problems with Flash on non-Windows systems are the one major entry barrier controlling acceptance of Flash as a viable web framework. No matter how stably, smoothly, efficiently, and correctly it runs under Windows, the public will continue to view it as second-rate if Flash keeps crashing or does not work completely on Linux, FreeBSD, Symbian, Google Android.
You know Mike, CMS is only good for your site when the site fits into strict limits emposed by CMS features. If the site is yet-another-blog, or yet-another-web-gallery (or a forum, or a minor company page, or something). If you are going to use CMS used on 10 million other sites, you have to confess your site is far from unique. You may have the unique contents on the site, it may store interesting stories and articles, have millions of readers - but this site is not a breakthrough in the Internet. It is not a Google, it is not a Slashdot, it is not a Wikipedia.
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It has occurred to me that problems with Flash on non-Windows systems are the one major entry barrier controlling acceptance of Flash as a viable web framework. No matter how stably, smoothly, efficiently, and correctly it runs under Windows, the public will continue to view it as second-rate if Flash keeps crashing or does not work completely on Linux, FreeBSD, Symbian, Google Android.
Writing a C binding to work in a Flash virtual machine is like writing an abacus emulator on Fortran to improve Fortran mathematical capabilities.
The history has already evolved quite backwards.
You know Mike, CMS is only good for your site when the site fits into strict limits emposed by CMS features. If the site is yet-another-blog, or yet-another-web-gallery (or a forum, or a minor company page, or something). If you are going to use CMS used on 10 million other sites, you have to confess your site is far from unique. You may have the unique contents on the site, it may store interesting stories and articles, have millions of readers - but this site is not a breakthrough in the Internet. It is not a Google, it is not a Slashdot, it is not a Wikipedia.