Re: flash? [OT]
On Tue 15 Mar 2016 at 05:30:28 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 19:50:15 +0000 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Tue 15 Mar 2016 at 06:00:27 +1100, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> >
> > > On 15/03/2016 5:13 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > On Monday 14 March 2016 14:06:27 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> IMHO its worth to try the web without flash.
> > > >> HTML5 can do a lot nowadays.
> > > >> And visiting sites without using flash helps to get rid of it.
> > >
> > > The sooner, the better.... Flash needs to die ASAP.
> >
> > Total nonsense.
>
> This is a very silly position. Of course *one person* declining to use
> Flash isn't going to change anything- but that one person can influence
> others to do so, and then others will boycott Flash, etc. How is it
> that positive systemic changes are made in the real world? By the
> action of the masses, and the action of the masses starts with the
> action of individuals.
>
> Nothing would ever happen if everyone adopted the logic of "oh well, I'm
> alone so I can't change anything". The journey of a thousand miles
> starts with a single step.
>
> > Does it even notice you didn't even visit its site? "By God", they
> > say, Brian didn't watch Happy Valley; why not?; we must do something
> > about this.
>
> They will notice when lots of people no longer use Flash, and we will
> force them to react accordingly.
>
Please stop trolling on this list.
Cheers,
David.
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