But those ideologists are right, Flash is evil in so many ways:
a) It eats babies. (Seriously, look at how much CPU and RAM it eats.)
b) It's insecure. Want a flaw that even users with a safe browser (ie not IE) are not safe against? Search for a Flash vulnerability.
c) It sucks for handicapped people. Blind? Well your bad that you can only use a screen reader. No website for you. (This obviously doesn't matter for video sites).
d) Cookies? Lame, if you really want to track your user (or whatever you call the people that watch your ads), even if he clears his browser cache, use Flash cookies. Want to open Popups? Too bad the user has a popup blocker. Oh wait, we can get around that with Flash.
d) It's closed source, so many free software people don't want to run it.
> c) It sucks for handicapped people. Blind? Well your bad that you can only use a screen reader. No website for you. (This obviously doesn't matter for video sites)
You are right that Flash's accessibility support and the...lack of content providers taking advantage of them...sucks for all sorts of handicapped people, but it's still there and being improved on (hopefully) so it's not a total dead end for screenreaders. Plus, flash videos can be a good source for audio for the blind.
a) It eats babies. (Seriously, look at how much CPU and RAM it eats.) b) It's insecure. Want a flaw that even users with a safe browser (ie not IE) are not safe against? Search for a Flash vulnerability. c) It sucks for handicapped people. Blind? Well your bad that you can only use a screen reader. No website for you. (This obviously doesn't matter for video sites). d) Cookies? Lame, if you really want to track your user (or whatever you call the people that watch your ads), even if he clears his browser cache, use Flash cookies. Want to open Popups? Too bad the user has a popup blocker. Oh wait, we can get around that with Flash. d) It's closed source, so many free software people don't want to run it.