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http://www.petitiononline.com/0034655a/petition.html
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> The number of Adobe Flash sites are growing, and an increasing
> amount of sites will simply cease to function when Flash is disabled
> or unavailable.
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> I would like to call to all web developers to (re)consider their use
> of Flash, while it does have place on the web, it is often used in the
> wrong way, on the wrong place, in a badly implemented manner.
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> Why I dislike flash:
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> o It often adds little or nothing to a website, most things can often
> be achieved with either CSS or Javascript (or a combination) which
> suffer from much less problems.
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> o Flash is not usable, for example it often breaks the back button,
> "find in page" does not work, setting font size does not work, and
> many more.
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> o Browser settings such as font size, enabling/disabled sound in web
> pages etc. do not apply to flash, leaving the page's designer, not the
> user, in control of the browser.
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> o Flash is not accessible, screen readers, braille displays etc. often
> have serious difficulty accessing flash pages.
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> o Progressive enhancement is difficult to achieve with flash, unlike
> for example CSS or Javascript, flash is binary data which interacts
> poorly with HTML.
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> o Flash is not supported on all operating systems, and only on a very
> limited set of architectures.
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> o Flash is slow, if you do not have a new 00 PC but a somewhat
> older "office PC" flash can be a serious performance hit.
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> o There are a number of security issues with flash, and Adobe has
> never seemed to quick/concerned to fix them.
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> o Animation is annoying, I want to access information, not watch a
> "cool" animation.
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> Sincerely,
> The Undersigned
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