On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 21:47:47 -0500 David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue 15 Mar 2016 at 05:30:28 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 19:50:15 +0000 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> > > wrote: > > > > > On Tue 15 Mar 2016 at 06:00:27 +1100, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > > > > > > > On 15/03/2016 5:13 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > On Monday 14 March 2016 14:06:27 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> IMHO its worth to try the web without flash. > > > > >> HTML5 can do a lot nowadays. > > > > >> And visiting sites without using flash helps to get rid of > > > > >> it. > > > > > > > > The sooner, the better.... Flash needs to die ASAP. > > > > > > Total nonsense. > > > > This is a very silly position. Of course *one person* declining to > > use Flash isn't going to change anything- but that one person can > > influence others to do so, and then others will boycott Flash, etc. > > How is it that positive systemic changes are made in the real > > world? By the action of the masses, and the action of the masses > > starts with the action of individuals. > > > > Nothing would ever happen if everyone adopted the logic of "oh > > well, I'm alone so I can't change anything". The journey of a > > thousand miles starts with a single step. > > > > > Does it even notice you didn't even visit its site? "By God", they > > > say, Brian didn't watch Happy Valley; why not?; we must do > > > something about this. > > > > They will notice when lots of people no longer use Flash, and we > > will force them to react accordingly. > > > > Please stop trolling on this list. How is this trolling? 1. Brian ridicules someone advocating a boycott of Flash, saying nothing will ever change because apparently people are incapable of doing anything about anything. 2. I respond.