it doesnt have to be the trash micrsofot tries jamming down your throat
I agree. But even if I were able to remove Microsoft trash applications from the operating system in favor of replacement applications, the replacements would also be proprietary software due to the nature of the task the application is expected to perform.
You are technically correct. Pardon my moving the goalposts, but I had browsers in wide interactive use among English speakers in mind. Wikipedia's article about that browser gives no indication of usage share, and most sources found through Google lynx browser usage share lump it into "Other", which isn't helpful.
Netscape 2.0 also counts
Pardon my moving the goalposts, but I had browsers that still receive security updates in mind. The 2.0 series no longer receives security updates. When Netscape Navigator as a whole ended support, it had become a reskin of Mozilla Firefox, and users were advised to switch to Firefox. But Firefox runs JavaScript without asking and hides the preference not to behind about:config, which in turn is unreachable without a web search.
Are you equating the quality of Flash games with iconic console games?
I was more giving an example of the replacement of one video game platform with another incompatible platform.
I have emulation set up for everything I played prior to Wii.
Everything, including SWF?
I know Retrode supports Super NES, Genesis, Game Boy, Master System, and Nintendo 64. Which cart readers did you buy to dump the cartridges you purchased for other consoles?
The difference is that like Macromedia Flash before it, Adobe Flash allows resale of a used copy, whereas Adobe Animate does not because it's offered exclusively through the Creative Cloud rental service. Someone who bought a used copy of Adobe Flash may not feel it worth it to continue to pony up for Creative Cloud every month for the rest of his life.
It's not like [classic SWF games are] going to be ported to HTML5; that would be a lot of work.
The majority of work would be in tracking down the authors for the FLA source files and providing a rental of Adobe Animate CC with which to exporting them to HTML5.
The last time we discussed the pros and cons of JavaScript and WebAssembly, the consensus in the comments appeared to be that people want web pages ought to be static apart from form submission and CSS checkbox hack menus. For dynamic UI, make a native application that users can download, install, and use.
I assure you that if you had the original.fla, the game would compile to HTML5/JS just fine in Adobe Animate.
What steps would the parent of the child who wants to play the game go about tracking down the author of the file in order to initiate conversion? And whose responsibility would it be to fund a month of access to Creative Cloud for each author whose works are affected?
HTML V5 is WORSE in every measure, it sucks more resources, uses more CPU cycles, uses a codec that is a minefield of patents
Major web browser engines other than Apple WebKit can play VP8, Vorbis, VP9, and Opus. How are these "a minefield of patents"? SWF can only use Sorenson Spark (similar to ye olde DivX) and MPEG-4 AVC, which is still patented.
has everyone forgotten the fact that DRM is now gonna be baked into browsers just to support HTML V5? I
SWF's strength was vector animations. HTML5 EME affects video, not vector animations.
If "music store, music streaming, music identification, video store, and video streaming apps" are "something you don't fucking want in the first place", then you are in the slim minority among users of home computing devices.
Even if users of interactive entertainment are allegedly "drains on society", they are still the revenue source for video game developers. Or are video game developers likewise "drains on society" to you?
What does the military expect an employee to do while all tasks assigned to him are waiting for essential tools to be approved for installation on his workstation?
In addition to my contract jobs from home, I have worked as a W-2 employee for three corporations. All three have been small local businesses. I appear to have made a wise choice based on how endemic denial of essential tools appears to be in large businesses.
You'd still need approval for the compiler that you use to compile the self-made BMP to ICO converter and the executable that it emits. And if those are givens, so is a compiler capable of compiling GIMP from source code.
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Though Chromium and Firefox are free software, accessing www.twitter.com in Chromium or Firefox causes the browser to download and execute proprietary software written in JavaScript. How well does www.twitter.com work in Chromium or Firefox when JavaScript is turned off?
it doesnt have to be the trash micrsofot tries jamming down your throat
I agree. But even if I were able to remove Microsoft trash applications from the operating system in favor of replacement applications, the replacements would also be proprietary software due to the nature of the task the application is expected to perform.
Done: Lynx
You are technically correct. Pardon my moving the goalposts, but I had browsers in wide interactive use among English speakers in mind. Wikipedia's article about that browser gives no indication of usage share, and most sources found through Google lynx browser usage share lump it into "Other", which isn't helpful.
Netscape 2.0 also counts
Pardon my moving the goalposts, but I had browsers that still receive security updates in mind. The 2.0 series no longer receives security updates. When Netscape Navigator as a whole ended support, it had become a reskin of Mozilla Firefox, and users were advised to switch to Firefox. But Firefox runs JavaScript without asking and hides the preference not to behind about:config, which in turn is unreachable without a web search.
Would the following be an ideal reply?
Can you summarize the problem in under ten words?
Router on, cables connected, but websites give "server not found".
What did you do now?
Restarted PC, router, and modem.
Why did you do that?
ISP phone rep told me last time to do that, saying it'd snap the circuits out of a stuck state.
What did you find when you googled the summarized ten word problem?
"Server not found" on both Google and Bing.
Sign up for a 30-day trial, open / convert / save / done. Never touch it again.
I thought trial-exported projects had conspicuous watermarks.
Are you equating the quality of Flash games with iconic console games?
I was more giving an example of the replacement of one video game platform with another incompatible platform.
I have emulation set up for everything I played prior to Wii.
Everything, including SWF?
I know Retrode supports Super NES, Genesis, Game Boy, Master System, and Nintendo 64. Which cart readers did you buy to dump the cartridges you purchased for other consoles?
I still spend time on NES games.
So do I, on both sides of the screen.
Way ahead of you
The home IT department says no.
Does the home IT department also have a habit of taking away the previous console and all its games once the next-generation console is purchased?
I dont think HTML5 or SVG monstrosity can come close in resource consumption
Which benchmark of Canvas vs. SWF is most honest nowadays?
Open up the .fla file in Adobe Animate
The difference is that like Macromedia Flash before it, Adobe Flash allows resale of a used copy, whereas Adobe Animate does not because it's offered exclusively through the Creative Cloud rental service. Someone who bought a used copy of Adobe Flash may not feel it worth it to continue to pony up for Creative Cloud every month for the rest of his life.
It's not like [classic SWF games are] going to be ported to HTML5; that would be a lot of work.
The majority of work would be in tracking down the authors for the FLA source files and providing a rental of Adobe Animate CC with which to exporting them to HTML5.
Both [MLB and Pandora] have iOS and Android apps which don't use Flash
Would you prefer that use of MLB or Pandora on a PC require installing a Windows app or a macOS app, with GNU/Linux and FreeBSD users left out?
Most vulnerabilities stop being an issue if browser+plugin developers don't allow automatic blind execution.
Let me know when browsers "don't allow automatic blind execution" of proprietary JavaScript by default either.
Dynamic UI = JavaScript. Anything else is static.
The last time we discussed the pros and cons of JavaScript and WebAssembly, the consensus in the comments appeared to be that people want web pages ought to be static apart from form submission and CSS checkbox hack menus. For dynamic UI, make a native application that users can download, install, and use.
I assure you that if you had the original .fla, the game would compile to HTML5/JS just fine in Adobe Animate.
What steps would the parent of the child who wants to play the game go about tracking down the author of the file in order to initiate conversion? And whose responsibility would it be to fund a month of access to Creative Cloud for each author whose works are affected?
Or a reasonable facsimile could be recreated.
Provided the author doesn't sue anyone whose "reasonable facsimile" becomes popular.
HTML V5 is WORSE in every measure, it sucks more resources, uses more CPU cycles, uses a codec that is a minefield of patents
Major web browser engines other than Apple WebKit can play VP8, Vorbis, VP9, and Opus. How are these "a minefield of patents"? SWF can only use Sorenson Spark (similar to ye olde DivX) and MPEG-4 AVC, which is still patented.
has everyone forgotten the fact that DRM is now gonna be baked into browsers just to support HTML V5? I
SWF's strength was vector animations. HTML5 EME affects video, not vector animations.
Whom can we blame for authors or their estates becoming difficult or impossible to contact?
If "music store, music streaming, music identification, video store, and video streaming apps" are "something you don't fucking want in the first place", then you are in the slim minority among users of home computing devices.
The context is "All of which are crap or a better open source alternative exists".
If you're referring to the use of the https://twitter.com/ web interface as a replacement for desktop Twitter clients, how well does that work with the browser set to run only scripts that are licensed as free software?
Even if users of interactive entertainment are allegedly "drains on society", they are still the revenue source for video game developers. Or are video game developers likewise "drains on society" to you?
What does the military expect an employee to do while all tasks assigned to him are waiting for essential tools to be approved for installation on his workstation?
In addition to my contract jobs from home, I have worked as a W-2 employee for three corporations. All three have been small local businesses. I appear to have made a wise choice based on how endemic denial of essential tools appears to be in large businesses.
Does it remain a turd even after switching to Single-Window Mode from the Windows menu? If so, in what way?
I concede that I have worked in small business rather than large.
You'd still need approval for the compiler that you use to compile the self-made BMP to ICO converter and the executable that it emits. And if those are givens, so is a compiler capable of compiling GIMP from source code.