George Wright wrote:
> 1) Flash for Linux on 32 bit x86 machines ('PCs') lags behind Windows
> versions, so sometimes there's a 2 version lag. at the moment Flash for
> Linux is version 7.something, whereas windows has 8.5
>
> 2) There is no Flash for Linux on PPC ('Macs'), at all - so anyone running
> this OS can't use Flash, at all.
>
> 3) Getting Flash working on Linux on 64bit machines is temperamental at
> best. Ditto for some of the BSDs
>
> 4) Flash in not Free software (as in it's not available for
> redistribution/ modification/ code analysis), so some people won't/ can't
> install it at all, whether it's available for their computer or not.
>
5) Flash is one of the most abused web technologies in the world ever.
Disabling it by either not having it installed or using a flash-blocker
type app/extension can save a lot of eye-bleeding pain from those crazy
kooky marketing guys.
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