On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Philipp Überbacher <hollunder@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have no idea, it was simply the latest ubuntu live CD, i386 I believe. > I never claimed that it was scientific, just recent experience. I used a > live CD for this because I didn't want to install flash, but now I > couldn't install it if I wanted to (practically I could, but it would be > insane). so... you're blaming flash for something that /could/ be a problem with your environment... and certainly something flash was not designed to run on... I've had livecd's with graphical environments cease to respond after leaving them unattended. I blame the environment... livecd's are great for recovery... but mediocre, at best, for an actual environment. > The whole thing is a great example why we should avoid proprietary > technologies. First we're used as a testbed, then dropped. It shows how > much you're at the companies mercy. That alone is reason enough for me > to not use stuff like flash or skype. right... as if open source never stops getting supported for long periods of time... synergy anyone? or that we're never used as a testbed *cough*kde 4.0*cough*. > It wasn't about the game, but more about how well it runs. I was > surprised to say the least. It kind of defeats the 'flash is much more > than video' argument. Same is probably true for that wikipedia video > page I linked somewhere, it has well working controls, very similar to > those of flash players. I'm sure it does... > I've no idea about how well it is supported across browsers, only tried > FF. I agree that it should work across all browsers and also all > platforms (not sure flash does ppc and stuff). It might or might not > work in some alternative browsers, but they sadly still have plenty of > issues anyway. IE however will have to catch up in reasonable time if > it lags behind other major browsers. From what I remember, they said > they'll support webm, if only as codec you need to install separately. > Proper html5 and js support will have to happen too. it depends... I doubt many/any companies will do a full switch without at least 50% market share. Which IE still holds, (flash has something like 99% market share). Certainly it's not going away on youtube. > So maybe it's not all there yet, and flash isn't dead yet, but I think > (and hope) it won't take very long. I suspect unless IE adopts webm it'll be around for a very long time. -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com
