Flash finally in the Pan - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 25, 2017, 08:37:29 pm
content: Adobe are finally pulling the plug on Flash... well finally being before 2020. Hopefully the final push needed for universal adoption of HTML5.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40716304

author: Len
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 25, 2017, 09:23:58 pm
content: The plug's already been pulled on my computers. I haven't needed the Flash plug-in in my web browser for quite a while now.For those of you that still have the Flash plug-in, I recommend disabling it to see if you really need it.

author: skarecrow
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2017, 01:13:09 am
content: I thought they already pulled the plug on it like 5 years ago.Sent from my XT1565 using Tapatalk

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2017, 04:36:13 am
content: I have pepper flash installed on Chrome. The only place that I think might be a tad of a sore spot for me is older flash based browser games. I mean if I want to play them I can just grab a VM, download the flash game, and play it in there isolated from the rest of the world. Flash can be as retarded as it likes in there.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2017, 10:15:40 am
content: I've tried disabling Flash before but unfortunately it's still required on some sites, such as watching BBC, whether streaming in real time or not.Whatever happened to the M$ version: Silverlight? It's still available for download, yet I've never seen a real site which used it.https://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/QuoteThat's BS, looking at the download page, the plug-ins are currently Windoze & IE only so it's no use as Android currently dominates the Internet. It will be supported until 2021-10-12, which is longer than Flash.https://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/get-started/install/

author: skarecrow
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2017, 04:50:17 pm
content: Quote from: Hero999 on July 26, 2017, 10:15:40 amAs with everything Micro$oft, there are much better solutions. And I don't mean the fruity computers.I thought only a few streaming porn cam sites still used Flash.Sent from my XT1565 using Tapatalk

author: RGB255_0_0
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2017, 04:56:49 pm
content: Quote from: Hero999 on July 26, 2017, 10:15:40 amSky Go uses it as well as some other streaming sites.

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2017, 05:02:01 pm
content: Quote from: Hero999 on July 26, 2017, 10:15:40 amyou mean you never used ANY legal streaming website before 2015? It took a long time before netflix would run with HTML5.the same for RAI, mediaset (the two major TV companies here)just three little examples

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2017, 06:56:12 pm
content: I removed Flash from most of my machines and stopped installing it about two years ago. I've never had Silverlight installed on any computer and never ran into any site that needed it. It was just typical Microsoft "jump on the bandwagon" behavior, thinking they would dominate the market then failing.HTML5 has pretty much taken over in the last couple of years and porn sites were among the first to dump Flash and switch to it.

author: edy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2017, 02:50:09 am
content: This scathing critique of Flash by Apple's Steve Jobs pretty much sums it up... and it's 7 years old but still 100% accurate:https://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/The nails were also being driven into Flash's coffin a long time ago. What is surprising is that it has lingered on this long actually.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2017, 08:04:03 am
content: Quote from: JPortici on July 26, 2017, 05:02:01 pmNot that needed M$ Silverlight. It was all Flash.Quote from: blueskull on July 27, 2017, 02:54:23 amDoes anything really offer IP protection? You put your code on the Internet and people can decompile and copy it. You're right, that it's much easier with HTML5 than Flash but where there's a will there's a way.

author: skarecrow
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2017, 03:52:07 pm
content: Quote from: rdl on July 26, 2017, 06:56:12 pmFunny, I used to do web development for a porn site and the owner forced me to learn Flash because to him it was the way of the future. He had no computer background (other than a short time doing hardware repair where he would call me 30 times a day to do his job for him over the phone) and no idea how to run ANY kind of website. I kept telling him to stay as far from Flash as possible, but he wouldn't listen. By the time I hit my breaking point and quit the site had a total of 1 paying customer.Sent from my XT1565 using Tapatalk

author: RGB255_0_0
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2017, 04:35:03 pm
content: It's a miracle people are willing to pay for porn but then I see Twitch.tv streamers earning 4 digits a day playing games.

author: skarecrow
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2017, 06:56:09 pm
content: It's not even about illegal downloading, look at all the free porn sites everywhere now. You don't have to "steal" it anymore.Sent from my XT1565 using Tapatalk