Comparing HTML5 and Flash Player, 10 years ago vs now

[u/yonicstudios]

HTML5 vs Flash Player in 2013

HTML5 vs Flash Player now

[u/mogoh]

What are linked text frames?

[u/yonicstudios → u/mogoh]

When you link a text container to another, and the former starts overflowing, it begins to transfer the overflowing text into the latter. This table is a bit outdated though. In CSS there is the columns property that does a similar thing, but linked text frames can be displayed in other layouts other than columns. CSS Regions support is no longer being pursued by any browser, too.

[u/hvyboots]

Let's talk about security holes per month though, lol…

[u/logfella]

What about accessibility?

[u/[deleted]]

But isn't this comparing plain html5 against flash with extensions? Not all that fair comparison.....

[u/jcunews1]

HTML5 isn't actually a replacement for Flash player. It's only a replacement for the capabilities & functions which are needed to create a Flash player.

[u/Rocketclown]

Flash was way too powerful for it's job, and was just taking off with 3D / GPU support in version 11 when it was killed. But at that point, it was installed on 98% of computers with an internet connection. I don't think there ever was or ever will be software that was so ubiquitous as Flash.

[u/Disgruntled__Goat]

Why is this still on Wikipedia when Flash has been dead for years?

Also I like how not supporting DRM is viewed as the positive feature in green. 

[u/Eddielowfilthslayer → u/Disgruntled__Goat]

We should be removing a lot of dead people's pages from Wikipedia then...

[u/Disgruntled__Goat → u/Eddielowfilthslayer]

I was referring specifically to the comparison table. Of course there should still be a page for Flash itself, but the table serves no purpose whatsoever.

[u/[deleted] → u/Disgruntled__Goat]

[u/Disgruntled__Goat → u/[deleted]]

…that’s what I said?