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Re:Flash is fine. Dont be a Fundamentalist. by bad_user on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @02:44PM (#3244709) 

     If you have a modern simile for Tablets, 
     Flash is just completely redundant
I'm against Flash but this argument doesn't hold. It's like saying - if you have a modern website designed for mobile phones, than a native iOS app is redundant.

Flash is not redundant if it allows you to escape the browser's limits. Here, I'll give you an example -- try doing chat-roulette without Flash.

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Re:Flash is fine. Dont be a Fundamentalist. by ranqet on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @10:31PM (#3246276)
If HTML5 doesn't do it now, it soon will.

http://devworks.thinkdigit.com/Internet/Native-webcam-suppor...

Pretty soon a 'chatroulette' type app without Flash will be a reality. Plus, it will work with tablets and phones, something Flash soon won't be doing.

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Re:Flash is fine. Dont be a Fundamentalist. by bad_user on Thursday November 17, 2011 @01:54AM (#3246718)
It was just an example -- the browser is by definition limited. This also has advantages, but experimenting with new capabilities is not one of them.
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