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Re:HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash by heavyset_go on Thursday December 31, 2020 @01:18AM (#25590095)
In the early days, people would share Flash projects as .EXE files, and those would "just work".
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Re:HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash by thewebcount on Thursday December 31, 2020 @01:26AM (#25590128)
... On Windows. They never worked for me on the Mac.
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Re:HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash by heavyset_go on Thursday December 31, 2020 @01:39AM (#25590176)
Flash projects could be exported as .EXE files on Windows, or Mac HQX files.
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