HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash

Re:HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash by udioron on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:23AM (#25591391)

(From the thread: https://twitter.com/larsiusprime/status/1344530847685369856 ):

    > 1) Because YOU didn't value something doesn't mean you understand all the ways it was valuable to others
    > 2) It's possible for technology to regress in big ways even as it moves forward in others, esp. when 1) applies

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Re:HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash by protomyth on Thursday December 31, 2020 @07:59AM (#25592221)

Like HyperCard, getting rid of flash removed a lot of people's ability to use that creativity to create a program. If I was cynical, I would say it was on purpose to protect 'actual' developer's turf.

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