HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash

Re:HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash by jcfields on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @08:03PM (#25588347)

My experience was that Flash ran like garbage on anything but Windows/Intel. Linux/Intel? Trash. Mac/PPC? Trash. The web at the time was unusable on my PowerBook G4 without FlashBlock. Maybe Flash would still be around if Adobe bothered to make it run well on anything but one platform.

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Re:HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash by pfranz on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @09:27PM (#25588921)

I worked at a creative studio that used Linux during that time. For many periods of time there literally was no solution for doing something as trivial as watching YouTube videos (a huge need for reference) because of trying to pin down the right combination of 32/64 bit OS, browser, and Flash plugin.

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Re:HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash by duxup on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @09:44PM (#25589030)

Even in windows I remember flash was often a resource hog and crashed the browser regularly or would freak out and I'd have to restart it.

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Re:HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash by ogre_codes on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @08:39PM (#25588595)

I had similar experiences.

Adobe had zero F*s to give about anything not mainstream.

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Re:HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash by asddubs on Thursday December 31, 2020 @12:02AM (#25589756)

i remember cheering apple on as they were killing flash because of how abysmal it was on linux. I do miss flash in a way, but also good fucking riddance

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Re:HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash by naikrovek on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @10:25PM (#25589260)

Well the SWF file format was (is maybe still) available and Adobe publish(ed) the spec with no strings attached.

No one wanted to do it.

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