Comments on: Why people hate Flash.

By: shawn

shawn — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:14:08 +0000

The number one thing to realize about Flash, is that Actionscript is one of the best languages you can write in for the web. This is why it is “hackable” and this is why there are soooo many Flash developers. There are hundreds of Flash games making millions of dollars a year. Flash is an amazing platform that puts a lot of power in one persons hands. One talented Flash developer can easily design, animate, and code an entire game inside of a single application. NO other technology does that…

Now with Flash Builder there is a whole new world of application development taking place.

Point is, Flash isn’t just a plug-in, its a development pipeline that makes sense. That is what its true power is.

Ultimately that doesn’t matter though, what matters is that HTML5/JS/CSS are free and open technologies that get 90% of what Flash can do. Nevermind that knowing cross-browser CSS is a black art as opposed to a science. Nevermind that CSS/JS are indistinct now. Nevermind that HTML5 does not let you get into the nitty gritty of streaming videos.

It doesn’t matter, what HTML5 is, is free and easy for 90% of the crap you see on the web.

The elites will continue to write hotness in Flash, but we’ll be overwhelmed and forced to move over to JS soon as the hordes latch on to their latest collective fascination.

By: Rafa

Rafa — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:58:10 +0000

I have been using Flash for websites since version 4 but since the past 6 months I am giving up on actionscript. Flash is going the way of it’s predecessor, Director (remember Lingo?) After spending the last year learning CSS3 and HTML5, I am convinced they make for much better web experience. The Flash player is my reason for disliking Flash, you know why? Security issues!!! I still cannot believe that they are at version 10 and still there is a serious security issue with Flash saving cookies from third party to your computer and storing files that you can’t get rid of unless you manually remove them.

By: kp

kp — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:38:23 +0000

Peter. You got some issues and Flash is the least of them. Seek help, bro.

By: Peter Gil

Peter Gil — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:29:48 +0000

I f**n hate Flash!! I have a new powerful computer but f**nk flash makes computer scream like “Help me, close this web site!!) I sometimes open winamp to overcome noise! It crashes IE, Firefox, Safari, all browsers have problems with it. I hope one day a new technology comes out like HTML5 and webmasters will no longer need to program in Flash, until then we’ll have to suffer from this technology from 90s.. I’m with Steve Jobs, he knews what we need for future internet, kill the FLASH!

By: kp

kp — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:19:11 +0000

Balaji, you’re drinking too much of Steve’s koolaid. Flash works fine with touch.

By: Balaji Gopal

Balaji Gopal — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:36:15 +0000

My only answer is Flash was created for Desktop and Mobiles and Netbooks need touch based and not click based. The fundamental difference lies in the user interaction and nothing else.

By: Rob Williamson

Rob Williamson — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:50:40 +0000

Its not so much that I hate Flash, but that I hate not being able to turn it off! Its an aggro to turn off in Explorer (should be a single click button to toggle on / off), and then when I do turn it off, I keep getting messages on websites saying that I need to upgrade my Flask player!
This is just plain bad.

By: Why do people hate flash? « The Devigner Blog

Why do people hate flash? « The Devigner Blog — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:34:52 +0000

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By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 16 May 2010 18:01:20 +0000

No matter what you do to try to improve your Flash, I have a hard time believing that it will be better than well written HTML + Javascript. And you completely ignore the fact that HTML is just a markup language which allows my browser to display things how I want. Flash craps all over that idea. Futhermore, they put things in Flash that try to go around the browser, like LSOs, making it even harder for me to keep track of what’s going on with my own computer.

Flash is garbage. Web devs, do your job and learn how to develop with real tools. I don’t use Flash and if your site has it, I’ll go somewhere else. It’s a big Internet.

By: Eric Sebasta

Eric Sebasta — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:37:36 +0000

How in the heck can you list the complaints and not include SECURITY? Did you not notice the two biggest hacks this year were done with flash, and acrobat reader.

That is the reason it is not allowed in sensitive corporate areas… It has a track record of instability and insecurity.

Aside from that, until it can be viewed on phones, the fastest growing medium for viewing the Internet, it doesn’t make sense to worry about it. It will be gone in four years anyway.