1 |
»Q« wrote: |
2 |
> On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 15:47:47 -0600 |
3 |
> Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
4 |
> |
5 |
>> Correct me if I'm wrong here. Isn't flash supposed to be dying |
6 |
>> anyway? Why are so many sites still using it if they should be using |
7 |
>> HTML5? Isn't HTML5 supposed to eliminate flash?? |
8 |
> It's been *supposed* to be dying for years, and HTML5 video was hoped |
9 |
> to be the silver bullet that would finish it off. Mozilla certainly |
10 |
> wants it dead, and IIRC even Google and Adobe have paid lip service to |
11 |
> killing it off. Unfortunately (IMO, natch) Mozilla no longer has the |
12 |
> market share to drive things, and (IMO again) Google doesn't have the |
13 |
> will to deal with it, despite having taken steps such as using HTML5 |
14 |
> on YouTube. Mozilla recently announced deprecation of all NPAPI |
15 |
> plugins -- except Flash, because people whose news/sports/porn videos |
16 |
> stopped working would just switch to Chrome. |
17 |
> |
18 |
> I think we have to look to the big social media companies and to |
19 |
> Google for hope, which is kinda sad. Facebook has recently completed |
20 |
> their transition to using HTM5 video. Twitter's Periscope still uses |
21 |
> Flash. I don't know what critical mass of sites will get Google to |
22 |
> drop Flash support, but I think that's the only way it will eventually |
23 |
> happen. |
24 |
> |
25 |
> AFAIK, with all major browsers supporting HTML5 video, the only reason |
26 |
> so many sites still require Flash is that it costs money to transition. |
27 |
|
28 |
Crap, it sounds like the buggy has one horse in front and one in the |
29 |
back. No matter how you look at it, they still pushing the buggy. Yes, |
30 |
the horse in the front is actually pushing because of the way the |
31 |
harness is made. Saw that on TV once ages ago. Weird tho. |
32 |
|
33 |
|
34 |
>> I thought Yahoo switched a good while back. I know I went in and |
35 |
>> changed it to use HTML5 but it still gripes when I go there about |
36 |
>> flash being a problem. Odd. |
37 |
> I dunno, I don't use Yahoo much. The griping might be because Yahoo is |
38 |
> embedding Flash from other sites -- I know they do from nfl.com, at |
39 |
> least, because I was watching highlights there yesterday. |
40 |
|
41 |
|
42 |
Well, I tested a theory. I removed flash. I then went to youtube and |
43 |
guess what, the video played fine. So, Youtube is ready for HTML5 it |
44 |
seems but defaults to flash it would seem. Why not the other way around |
45 |
I wonder???? Oh, auto-play was back again too. Grrrrrr!! lol |
46 |
|
47 |
|
48 |
>> I have a weather site that I use and as far as I know, it is flash |
49 |
>> only. Of course, it is a Govt run site so they will likely be the |
50 |
>> very last ones to switch over to the new and improved way too. :/ |
51 |
> Heh, I just found that NOAAH offers looping radar imagery via Java, |
52 |
> Flash, HTML5, and animated GIFs. Talk about the Department of |
53 |
> Redundancy Department. <http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/imagery/eaus.html> |
54 |
|
55 |
I use a different site, will look into yours in a minute tho. I just |
56 |
picked a random radar for a example. |
57 |
|
58 |
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=GLD&product=NCR&overlay=11101111&loop=yes |
59 |
|
60 |
|
61 |
No flash, no worky. :-( |
62 |
|
63 |
>> I'm planning to do my regular updates shortly. Maybe something new |
64 |
>> will be in the tree by then, I hope anyway. One good thing about it, |
65 |
>> it makes Yahoo not auto-play any more. ;-) |
66 |
> :-) That's one of the big arguments in favor of open tech on the web, |
67 |
> that it gives users more control of their experiences. I don't know of |
68 |
> a way to prevent Flash autoplay short of something like FlashBlock. |
69 |
> |
70 |
> |
71 |
> |
72 |
|
73 |
Well, I do. Just use a version of flash with a security problem. Just |
74 |
saying. ROFL |
75 |
|
76 |
At least it isn't supposed to rain for a week or so. I can't go without |
77 |
that site for a little bit anyway. |
78 |
|
79 |
Dale |
80 |
|
81 |
:-) :-) |