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Old 02-09-2010, 06:57 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by Yoshi 1080 View Post
Eventually, fighting Flash really is all about access to the web and performance. Accessing Flash content means using (renting in a way) Adobe's rendering engine (i.e. Flash Player) and that can't be acceptable. The web was once invented as a free and open network to share information, we must not let ourselves become dependent on a single commercially oriented company. Also, Flash content has a huge impact on performance and is less barrier-free than pure HTML (regarding display on lower-resolution mobile devices for example).
I agree with the part underlined and highlighted. Here is an example of a website that totally didn't need flash, but is wholly dependent on it (it doesn't show up at all without plug-in):
http://minado.com/

It's just a restaurant website with hours, locations, prices, and frequent_diner form -- and yet they made themselves totally inaccessible to a host of browsers/platforms -- mindbobbling.

I know the owners, they think because it shows up on their windows webbrowser, it will show up on every webbrowser - so they don't complain to their developer.

The future can't rest on propietary flash.
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