Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:28:47 +0200 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stop Adobe Flash Petition Message-ID: <20080626132847.abf4caa680k0wwgg@0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <20080626103955.GA28128@rwxrwxrwx.net> References: <20080626103955.GA28128@rwxrwxrwx.net>
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This message is in MIME format and has been PGP signed. --=_5w791ays8x0k Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoting Martin Tournoij <carpetsmoker@rwxrwxrwx.net>: > Sign it here: > > http://www.petitiononline.com/0034655a/petition.html > > The number of Adobe Flash sites are growing, and an increasing > amount of sites will simply cease to function when Flash is disabled > or unavailable. > > I would like to call to all web developers to (re)consider their use > of Flash, while it does have place on the web, it is often used in the > wrong way, on the wrong place, in a badly implemented manner. > > Why I dislike flash: > > o It often adds little or nothing to a website, most things can often > be achieved with either CSS or Javascript (or a combination) which > suffer from much less problems. > > o Flash is not usable, for example it often breaks the back button, > "find in page" does not work, setting font size does not work, and > many more. > > o Browser settings such as font size, enabling/disabled sound in web > pages etc. do not apply to flash, leaving the page's designer, not the > user, in control of the browser. > > o Flash is not accessible, screen readers, braille displays etc. often > have serious difficulty accessing flash pages. > > o Progressive enhancement is difficult to achieve with flash, unlike > for example CSS or Javascript, flash is binary data which interacts > poorly with HTML. > > o Flash is not supported on all operating systems, and only on a very > limited set of architectures. > > o Flash is slow, if you do not have a new $1000 PC but a somewhat > older "office PC" flash can be a serious performance hit. > > o There are a number of security issues with flash, and Adobe has > never seemed to quick/concerned to fix them. > > o Animation is annoying, I want to access information, not watch a > "cool" animation. > > Sincerely, > The Undersigned > While I totally agree to the above statements, tell me the sense of an =20 online petition. Do you know a single petition that changed _anything_? The petition is adressed "Web Designers". How should they get aware of =20 the petition? You cannot change the internet with that. Every big commercial site =20 has flash. It's colorful, it's loud, it attracts the people to their =20 products. So you won't convince the webmaster of these sites to change. Flash sucks but we can't avoid it. :-( --=_5w791ays8x0k Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: Digitale PGP-Unterschrift Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkhjfW8ACgkQKc512sD3afhIgACeJJvhAboBBeTRXRhYGZsWo3su ligAoJI+Os/N8BGAipErhBhKtaGzbVo1 =BfCY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_5w791ays8x0k--
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