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Since when does Moz Foundation support SWF?Since when does Moz Foundation support SWF?Posted Nov 15, 2012 0:49 UTC (Thu) by roc (subscriber, #30627)In reply to: Since when does Moz Foundation support SWF? by gerv Parent article: The Shumway open SWF runtime project
I think the situation has changed in the last two years. It's now clear that Flash is dying. We don't have to worry about Flash being a competitor to the open Web anymore; the problem now is how to minimize the damage to the open Web, to users and to Mozilla during Flash's demise. Shumway, by mapping SWFs to the open Web platform, does not help Flash compete with the open Web; it helps platforms that support the open Web but not Flash compete for users, and protects users from some of the problems Flash causes.
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Since when does Moz Foundation support SWF? Posted Nov 15, 2012 10:41 UTC (Thu) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]
> It's now clear that Flash is dying.
It's declining, but change is slow (and time makes a return possible).
For some things, such as children's 2D games and TV channel websites, Flash seems still as dominant as ever. I simply ignore those sites, but my friends don't.
Flash is less necessary now than it was in 2005 (when Gnash began), but it would still be very good to have a free software Flash player.
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