Comments on: Is Flash The Worst Thing On The Internet? http://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cristihttp://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-25231 Cristi Thu, 28 May 2009 04:52:36 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/#comment-25231 Great post, I found it interesting and easy to follow. Thanks! Great post, I found it interesting and easy to follow. Thanks!

]]> By: Rich Mengahttp://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-25050 Rich Menga Mon, 25 May 2009 08:32:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/#comment-25050 You must be a programmer. Lost you after the first paragraph because you waffled on for several hundred words.Thanks for the comment anyway.. whatever it said. You must be a programmer. Lost you after the first paragraph because you waffled on for several hundred words.

Thanks for the comment anyway.. whatever it said.

]]> By: Pathttp://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-24992 Pat Sun, 24 May 2009 04:36:23 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/#comment-24992 Where to begin. From a web perspective Flash is one of the easiest to "mold". Try getting Java or Silverlight to do the same thing as quickly or effectively. Good luck. If you have to wait to load a Flash file in this day and age it's a failure of the programmer not Flash. If it causes your browser to crash it's due to the same issue. I'm far more likely to have my browser crash from poorly written Javascript or php than Flash. Suggesting that you load multiple tabs with flash content is ridiculous. You're loading multiple instances of an audio/visual program. Open multiple copies of media player or quicktime and see how well your browser is doing.If you think wmv and quicktime are superior streaming methods you're out of your mind. Video formats? Sure. Streaming formats? Not even close. The reason you have to use Flash to watch video on every sharing site is because they SWITCHED from the other inferior options. I've converted hundreds of videos and have never had the encoding fail. Youtube does it on the fly thousands of times a day with little problem.Face it, smart phones aren't very smart. Unless you get a powerful model it wont play video very well either. That's what the "full" version of Flash is for; a full audio/visual experience. Adobe gave us the "lite" version so that when you want make a more simple app for the more simple phones you can.Is Flash perfect? No, not by a long shot. Nothing ever is. Particularly on the internet's ever shifting landscape. Most of your post is shooting the messenger for the message though. Blame the lousy programmers for the lousy product, not the platform on which it's written. I'm surprised you didn't blame intro animations on Adobe while you were at it. There are a lot of people out there that dislike Flash and I've never felt the need to respond, because to one degree or another they've had good points as to the problems associated with the platform. You have none. Usability, accessability and security. Those are real problems.When will your view of Flash not be narrow-minded and unbelievably crappy?My guess is not any time soon.@ Saverio - the swf specifications are open and a number of third party programs exist to both create and play them, but keeping up with the evolution of the format leaves the plugins far behind. Check out Gnash. Where to begin. From a web perspective Flash is one of the easiest to “mold”. Try getting Java or Silverlight to do the same thing as quickly or effectively. Good luck. If you have to wait to load a Flash file in this day and age it’s a failure of the programmer not Flash. If it causes your browser to crash it’s due to the same issue. I’m far more likely to have my browser crash from poorly written Javascript or php than Flash. Suggesting that you load multiple tabs with flash content is ridiculous. You’re loading multiple instances of an audio/visual program. Open multiple copies of media player or quicktime and see how well your browser is doing.

If you think wmv and quicktime are superior streaming methods you’re out of your mind. Video formats? Sure. Streaming formats? Not even close. The reason you have to use Flash to watch video on every sharing site is because they SWITCHED from the other inferior options. I’ve converted hundreds of videos and have never had the encoding fail. Youtube does it on the fly thousands of times a day with little problem.

Face it, smart phones aren’t very smart. Unless you get a powerful model it wont play video very well either. That’s what the “full” version of Flash is for; a full audio/visual experience. Adobe gave us the “lite” version so that when you want make a more simple app for the more simple phones you can.

Is Flash perfect? No, not by a long shot. Nothing ever is. Particularly on the internet’s ever shifting landscape. Most of your post is shooting the messenger for the message though. Blame the lousy programmers for the lousy product, not the platform on which it’s written. I’m surprised you didn’t blame intro animations on Adobe while you were at it. There are a lot of people out there that dislike Flash and I’ve never felt the need to respond, because to one degree or another they’ve had good points as to the problems associated with the platform. You have none. Usability, accessability and security. Those are real problems.

When will your view of Flash not be narrow-minded and unbelievably crappy?

My guess is not any time soon.

@ Saverio – the swf specifications are open and a number of third party programs exist to both create and play them, but keeping up with the evolution of the format leaves the plugins far behind. Check out Gnash.

]]> By: Saveriohttp://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-24873 Saverio Thu, 21 May 2009 17:17:41 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/#comment-24873 In my opinion, the only way to improve flash and pull it out of this "black hole", is to make it open source. That way, programmers from around the world would be able to take a look at the code and improve it, once and for all. In my opinion, the only way to improve flash and pull it out of this “black hole”, is to make it open source. That way, programmers from around the world would be able to take a look at the code and improve it, once and for all.

]]> By: Jameshttp://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-24872 James Thu, 21 May 2009 17:01:45 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/#comment-24872 Considering the selling price of Flash ($0), I'd say it works as well as can be expected. When Adobe comes up with a pay version that's still bloated and buggy, then I can join the catcalls! Considering the selling price of Flash ($0), I’d say it works as well as can be expected. When Adobe comes up with a pay version that’s still bloated and buggy, then I can join the catcalls!

]]> By: U-Alhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-24835 U-Al Thu, 21 May 2009 02:33:09 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/#comment-24835 I agree Rich Menga that Flash is the worst. It uses too much of your computers resources. I wish there was an alternative. Gordintoronto, check the task manager while watching streaming video (like ustream) for cpu usage and you will see what we mean. I agree Rich Menga that Flash is the worst. It uses too much of your computers resources. I wish there was an alternative. Gordintoronto, check the task manager while watching streaming video (like ustream) for cpu usage and you will see what we mean.

]]> By: Gordintorontohttp://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-24807 Gordintoronto Wed, 20 May 2009 14:41:15 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/is-flash-the-worst-thing-on-the-internet/#comment-24807 I haven't had any of the problems you describe -- and I'm using a five-year-old computer. I browse with several tabs open and frequently visit sites with flash videos. I haven’t had any of the problems you describe — and I’m using a five-year-old computer. I browse with several tabs open and frequently visit sites with flash videos.

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