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> >>
> >> This guy's day job is at a bank, and they're really into it-- it "solves" a
> >> number of problems for them. So if this is the kind of thing that
> >> developers are going to pick up en masse, then it's something that will
> >> need to be addressed, else people who won't or can't run Flash will be
> >> increasingly marginalized.
> >
> > Flash is only good for a few things such as "naked ladies performing
> > anatomic tricks", "dude getting punched in the ding-dong" & "Trogodor
> > the burninator". Nothing makes me happier than visiting a website and
> > having some ad puking its irrelevant content on me.
> >
> > What's perplexing to me is that most people sit idle watching the
> > internet as we know it disintegrate in front of their eyes. Allowing
> > themselves to be bombarded with ads. Removing the actual reason for why
> > html exists which is indexing content so that it can be retrieved and
> > used by many. Those people are all ok with being shat on as long as
> > they can watch youtube or $whatever_infantile_site_here. The 14 year
> > old demographic is apparently the dominating one on teh intartubez
> > these days.
> >
> > I for one can't wait to be marginalized.
> >
>
> While I agree with you in many respects, I will also acknowledge that
> there are plenty of legitimate cases where viewing flash content is
> necessary. This is particularly true in artistic communities (and
> increasingly so, for the reasons Daniel pointed out).
>
> Flash sure is shit, I'll agree.. and philosophically, I believe its
> use continues its proliferation by adobe.. but regardless, casting it
> all off isn't a viable solution. For example, if a site has
> information I absolutely need to access (maybe you're researching a
> particular artist or company that uses flash on their site, etc..)
> your options are to either not view that content, attempt opera or
> gnash or some other broken open alternative, or boot up windows.
>
> Not viewing the content doesn't help you.
> opera and/or gnash are close options, sometimes
> booting windows is not an option I feel good about even considering,
> and as soon as I give away this extra laptop I have, there won't be
> any windows here.
>
> so protest if you must, but I hope you can acknowledge a user's
> legitimate use, as opposed to adobe's horrific domination, or
> spammer's obsession with inducing seizures.
>
>
> regards,
> ~Jason
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