Re: flash? [OT]
On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 21:47:47 -0500 David Wright
<deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> 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.
How is this trolling?
1. Brian ridicules someone advocating a boycott of Flash, saying
nothing will ever change because apparently people are incapable of
doing anything about anything.
2. I respond.
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