b_s-wilk <snip> > Regarding Flash, Adobe has a knack for buying good > programs and breaking, discontinuing, or overpricing > them. Have they created any of their own products > lately [in the past 15 years]?
> Apple didn't entirely ban Flash anyway. They require > that apps for touch screens be developed using the > Apple SDK. Adobe refused to use the SDK or to make > Flash more open--it's totally proprietary. There's no > guarantee that Flash will work properly without > interfering with the underlying system. I don't know if there's a distinction there or not... > I don't like Flash. It's overused unnecessarily. It > doesn't belong on most web pages where simpler > non-proprietary code works better and > faster--contributes too much to the World Wide > Wait and crashes. I agree with this 100%. I also note the bit of hypocrisy where the Apple web site uses flash. -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly The darn thing works better if you plug it in ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
