Adobe Flash Now Officially a Part of Google Chrome 168
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from the flash-in-the-pan dept.
from the flash-in-the-pan dept.
MacGene noted that Google has announced plans to include Flash with Chrome. This step will make Chrome easier for Mom & Pop to use, but comes with a host of issues that have been discussed here before. I expect them to announce Silverlight Thursday.
hopefully.. (Score:4, Informative)
Now, with a bit of luck, Chrome won't become unresponsive when it stumbles across flash applets.
I love Chrome, but its poor flash handling (and stalling when downloading) drives me bonkers.
Re:Silverlight? (Score:4, Informative)
Do you really expect them to announce including Silverlight too? Why?
Think about it: What day would Thursday be?
Re:I'm ok with it. (Score:5, Informative)
When I go to this link...
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html [macromedia.com]
(Or at least I don't want to admit too...)
Re:hopefully.. (Score:4, Informative)
ctrl+f does more or less the same thing. I agree, I wish the whole process was a bit more configurable, but it is all there.
Re:Silverlight? (Score:5, Informative)
I have no particular desire to use Silverlight, but it's required for instant netflix streaming. And, honestly, it seems to handle it better than Flash. That's the only place I've ever needed it, but it's a pretty big reason to get it.
Re:Stupid Media Spin To This Story (Score:5, Informative)
BTW, I'm referring to shady link-baiting stories like these:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=32470 [zdnet.com]
http://gizmodo.com/5505682/how-adobe-and-google-are-making-sure-flash-will-never-die [gizmodo.com]
http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2010/03/30/is-this-googles-sneak-attack-on-apple.aspx [fool.com]
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/30/chrome-os-flash/ [techcrunch.com]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/30/google_integrates_flash_with_chrome/ [theregister.co.uk]
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20001429-264.html [cnet.com]
Re:I'm ok with it. (Score:3, Informative)
I don't know if they include it in updates to Safari for Windows, but I know I'm sick of them including it in the OS X versions.
Re:Would prefer Java (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Is it removable? (Score:3, Informative)
Download Chromium, the pure open source version.
Re:The problem is that it promotes the use of Flas (Score:5, Informative)
The problems with client-side scripting have nothing to do with the language. Embedding another scripting language like Python would be unnecessarily confusing and would just add complexity where none is needed. What Flash provides that JavaScript does not are:
Notice that none of these have anything to do with deficiencies in the programming language. Indeed, the language used in Flash, ActionScript, is based on ECMAScript, which is the same fundamental foundation as JavaScript. So for all practical purposes, from a language feature perspective, there is already close parity. I won't go so far as to say they are the same language, but... they're so close that all you have to do is squint a little.
Adding Python to a browser is just a recipe for magnifying the existing compatibility problems by splintering development into multiple camps. That's precisely the way to guarantee that Flash never goes away. Now, instead of focusing on tools for one language, you have to focus tools on two---one for Python in FireFox and maybe a couple of other browsers, and one to deal with JavaScript for all the browsers that won't ever support something like that (IE). To describe this as a terrible idea is insulting to terrible ideas.
I blame Internet Explorer. (Score:3, Informative)