Adobe Flash is officially dead as of today. A li'l software company called FutureWave made a vector based animation program called FutureSplash in 1996. I remember the launch, sale sale, Adobe's failed LiveMotion (aka DeadMotion) and Adobe's move to "Win the Web" I'm tired.

Dec 31, 2020 · 10:30 AM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
It's evolution, Darling. Everything gets supplanted by something bigger and more wasteful eventually, even us.
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That is not evolution to me at least. That description is Devo. Great band terrible thing to do as a race of people on a planet we are killing
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Replying to @mholzschlag
It had a time and a place, sadly didn’t evolve and become a means to continue the creative streak it had, while becoming more of w truly accessible platform. At least we had some fun, and it gave us lessons on what not to do.
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I could not have put it better myself very well said. It's still being used it's just not being used on the web which makes perfect sense to me! :-)
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Replying to @mholzschlag
And then there was this thing with balthaser...
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Replying to @mholzschlag
We all know the reasons Flash had to go, but I’m not up for all the dancing on its grave people do. The web felt a lot more creative back then.
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Oh I sure do remember Shockwave and you are not kidding. Java applets drove me so crazy as well. Flash definitely brought some sophisticated ideas that didn't translate to accessibility but definitely made design and motion much easier