created by cryptoengineer on 24/09/2024 at 03:55 UTC
243 upvotes, 6 top-level comments (showing 6)
Comment by tactical_feeding at 24/09/2024 at 06:51 UTC
69 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Honestly, anyone working on Flash, or IT security in general during that period would understand why Flash had to die. It really was a security nightmare that would come to bite the industry back in the ass. It just took time for devices to increase in processing speed/ power, and memory, to do all these multimedia things that we wanted to do in Flash.
Comment by LogicKennedy at 25/09/2024 at 13:06 UTC
30 upvotes, 1 direct replies
It needed to die, but… god I miss that era of insane creativity on the internet. It felt like everyone in the world was making something.
Comment by [deleted] at 24/09/2024 at 11:15 UTC
17 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by solustaeda at 27/09/2024 at 16:05 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Pouring one out for QuickTime Wired Sprites (link)[1]. It was cross-platform, had more advanced features than Flash for a while there, and killed by Apple.
1: https://archive.org/details/interactivequick0000pete
Comment by Visulth at 05/10/2024 at 16:56 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
That was so interesting! Thanks for sharing. That's like a piece of my childhood explained at a level of detail I didn't realise I wanted to know about.
Comment by feedmytv at 24/09/2024 at 17:40 UTC
-23 upvotes, 7 direct replies
it died because apple didnt fancy adobe products on windows and couldnt get it to work on their mobile devices.