Show HN: Thoughts on Flash in 2023, in Flash, in 2023
The visuals were a lot of fun, but I don’t understand why I, as a viewer/consumer/whatever of this sort of thing, would ever want these things:<p>> Unknown runtime<p>I like to know whether I’m going to have time to view all of something or not. I might want to set aside some time to watch something if it’s too long for the break I’m taking right now.<p>> No rewinding, no skipping ahead<p>Ugh. Just … no. If I saw something cool or missed something, I want to see it again without having to watch the preceding 20 minutes again. Also seems like the kind of thing that would eventually be used to try and force you to watch ads, which I don’t need in my life.<p>> Extremely dense patterns that would get destroyed by video compression<p>This I can understand! See also SVG.<p>> Moiré effects that change if you mess with the zoom setting on your browser<p>OK, if that’s your thing, go with it.<p>> Effects that change depending on if you're using flash player or Ruffle<p>So a friend might suggest I watch something, but then when I watch it, I might see something different if I just use a different player? That seems less than ideal.<p>Anyway, love the visuals, and we could use more stuff like that, but really dislike the above points.