| Performance is better than javascript. But then, who here has done a side by side comparison? A: Built something in Flash B: Built the exact same thing in JS and measured their performance side by side in the page, and on separate pages. Even sliding an image - such a simple thing. Make it whoosh to the left. Guess what? Flash will whoosh it quicker and smoother on browsers with Flash installed. I love JS, it's cool for web stuff and data fetching and sorting for a huge percentage of the internet. I had a great time with it doing multiple AJAX calls and sorting for a single page thing on a heavy traffic media site. Love the whole promises thing for sorting out those pesky asynchronous dinguses. Yep. HTML5 does indeed rock. Really love modern CSS too. Hate grids though but each to their own. I don't say "grids should die". JS/HTML is not superman. If you want superman on your webpage, you need something more, such as a plugin. Unity plugin. I might use that next. I really don't want to be fighting people about the value of plugins, even if that value and scope is reduced from what it is a few years ago, it's still there. I want to make games, and what is clear to me after trying an HTML game is that..... it's pretty much a joke. HTML5 games in 2015 are, a joke. How dare anyone at Firefox or Facebook put forward an EOL for someone else's technology. EOL your own stuff, not someone elses. Bloody rude if you ask me. "Flash should die because it has equal performance to native iOS apps". That's what I read between the lines in Jobs' letter. I like Steve Jobs, but he was a player. A chess player. We respect chess players, but they won't hesitate to knife you in-game. If Flash dies, it's the hate that killed it more than any sensible reflection on the technologies we have available and how they can best be used. If nothing else, hope I've added more comedy for you. |