Comments on: Browsing Without Flash

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 10 May 2006 06:07:56 +0000

Hey, don’t forget, Flash bought you that expensive celebratory lunch last week. Don’t bite the hand of my Sugar Daddy, mofo. :P

By: Ryan Shaw

Ryan Shaw — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 18:36:49 +0000

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…

By: Scott Fisher

Scott Fisher — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:26:28 +0000

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.

By: Judd Antin

Judd Antin — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:31:53 +0000

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).

By: morganya

morganya — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:21:39 +0000

Yay for Firefox Flashblock! Turn on the crying babies at your own discretion. :~)

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