Conversation started Nov 9, 2011 at 12:57.
jokerdino
jokerdino
Nov 9, 2011 12:57
I am downloading flash. I will logout when I am done
jrg
jrg
ok. btw, flash is dead
jokerdino
jokerdino
I know. That is why I am downloading it.
legacy
jrg
jrg
Keep it for your children so that they will KNOW what we had to go through to get a simple YouTube video.
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THE PAIN AND SUFFERING.
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:P
jokerdino
jokerdino
haha well said
youtube is making sure its videos are html 5 compliant
jrg
jrg
Yeah, it's doing that for all new uploads
not sure what they're doing about the old ones though, or their ads.
jokerdino
jokerdino
Nov 9, 2011 13:02
I think they are trying to convert it too.
jrg
jrg
yeah, but so far I haven't seen any progress.
@GeorgeEdison the dpkg process hangs on unpacking the new stackapplet
sadmicrowave
sadmicrowave
Morning all!
Amith KK
Amith KK
Morning @sadmicrowave
zdnet.com/blog/perlow/… <Awesome news
Oli
Oli
Not really. "ceases development" also means "won't maintain" which means "everybody who dares use Flash until it dies will get mucky computer AIDS".
sadmicrowave
sadmicrowave
eewwww AIDS
Amith KK
Amith KK
Nov 9, 2011 13:13
Whats an AIDS?
Oli
Oli
And people are going to keep using it for some time because HTML5 doesn't do everything Flash does. Companies that need some sort of control over how their videos are watched have been able to use Adobe FMS to stream, livestream and encrypt bidirection audio and video. The HTML5 spec doesn't even solidify on a single codec (FFS), let alone specify how videos get there (past progressive download).
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So if Flash dies completely, and browsers don't improve things for people that require streaming and (shock horror) DRM, that just means people will move onto the next best thing: SilverLight. I don't think I need to spell out why that's worse for us.
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Conversation ended Nov 9, 2011 at 13:16.