Browsing Without Flash
Random co-worker chimes in on a mailing list with a very accurate summation of Adobe (former Macromedia) Flash:
“Browsing without Flash is like going to the movies without ringing cell phones and crying babies. Every once in a while you miss out on a really cool ring tone, but it’s nothing to lose sleep over.”
When it comes to defining Flash, I think this list of synonyms on Dictionary.com does a much better job than Wikipedia every could.
cburg wrote:
blatant, brazen, catchpenny, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, florid, garish, gaudy, glaring, glittering, glittery, glitzy, jazzy, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, showy, snazzy, sparkling, tacky, tasteless, tawdry, tinsel, vulgar
…..
kids the word forthe day is “catchpenny”
Posted 05 Apr 2006 at 2:24 pm ¶
morganya wrote:
Yay for Firefox Flashblock! Turn on the crying babies at your own discretion. :~)
Posted 05 Apr 2006 at 4:21 pm ¶
Judd Antin wrote:
I take your point: Flash is often used for vanity and glamour. But surely you’re not arguing against its being a powerful technology. I’ve seen it doing things I wouldn’t know how to to do in other ways. I know you’ve seen Ryan’s International Remix (http://fest06.sffs.org/remix/). Flash made it possible (in 2 months).
Posted 05 Apr 2006 at 4:31 pm ¶
Scott Fisher wrote:
I second the FlashBlock extension in Firefox. It doesn’t load flash movies unless you want them. Click the little play icon in the place of the flash if it’s something you want to see, ignore the rest.
Posted 06 Apr 2006 at 10:26 am ¶
Ryan Shaw wrote:
What is this, Slashdot circa 1998? Flash is the ONLY truly cross-platform technology for web audio and video. Sure, you can make irritating shit with Flash, but that goes for DHTML and animated GIFs as well. I can respect Random Coworker’s decision to browse with Flash off, but unless s/he’s A) browsing with Lynx or B) also turning off Javascript and only loading images on request, s/he’s a hypocrite.
And don’t get me started on the retards who install FlashBlock and then file bugs about Flash apps not working…
Posted 08 Apr 2006 at 10:36 am ¶
Jen wrote:
Hey, don’t forget, Flash bought you that expensive celebratory lunch last week. Don’t bite the hand of my Sugar Daddy, mofo. :P
Posted 09 May 2006 at 10:07 pm ¶