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by appleaday1 486 days ago
I still cant believe what Adobe did with Flash.
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Really, it’s more about what Apple did with Flash. iOS not supporting it is what killed it.
Flash being a persistent security hole and memory hog is what killed it. Adobe should have gotten their shit together. Apple saved us from the hell of fixed resolution flash apps and dozens of flash ads on a page.
Steve Jobs talked about this- when asked by the audience why he wasn't supporting Flash, he said the main thing people will be missing out on is banner ads. And he was mostly right.
That’s true, but I think the primary reason Apple did not include support for it was that it killed batteries on mobile devices.
You should have seen what VMware did with Flash when they moronically rewrote vCenter client in it. Worst software ever.
I miss flash
What were they supppise to do with Flash?
I used it yesterday to plot out a deck I'm building. The ability to draw easily, snap to grid, custom rulers, makes it a great design tool. Better than Corel Draw anyway.
Make the Flash plugin not suck, and provide Javascript rendering for HTML clients that couldn't install it.