1) HN wasn't that big (or existing) at that time.
2) Now you can also see the code, it's not in some opaque swt archive.
3) You don't need a proprietary Adobe IDE to code it (yes, you could do without for Flash too with some bizarro third party tools. Talking about the mainstream).
4) Everybody hates flash anyway.
1) HN wasn't that big (or existing) at that time.
2) Now you can also see the code, it's not in some opaque swt archive.
3) You don't need a proprietary Adobe IDE to code it (yes, you could do without for Flash too with some bizarro third party tools. Talking about the mainstream).
4) Everybody hates flash anyway.