I have always hated flash. I’m a Linux user so I simply cannot create flash files and using them can be problematic. I hate it because it is closed source and therefore lacking the interoperability that is essential to the Internet.
Moreover, I love ogg file formats. Always have. Far superior to mp3 and accessible to all.
Therefore I’m excited by this:
It will take quite a while for this to catch on – after all, there are people out there who are still using IE6 which I’m fairly sure doesn’t support HTML 5.
John Dowdell Says:
June 10th, 2009 at 4:06 pmVisit John Dowdell
Hi, you can certainly create SWF on Linux, in many ways. Do you know what types of pieces you would like to make?
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Hammy Says:
June 10th, 2009 at 4:17 pmVisit Hammy
I always thought you needed Adobe Flash to create a flash file. I don’t have anything that I’d like to make right now but if you could point me in the direction of a program that I can use to generate a flash file I’d appreciate it.
John Dowdell Says:
June 11th, 2009 at 1:14 amVisit John Dowdell
Sure thing, try starting out at osflash.org or swftools.org then — I don’t think either is all-inclusive, but they each show some of the range of free and low-cost tooling available.
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Hammy Says:
June 11th, 2009 at 11:42 amVisit Hammy
Thanks John – I’ll give these a go when I have a need for them.
Chris Chinchilla Says:
June 15th, 2009 at 10:41 pmVisit Chris Chinchilla
Also looks really good, I shall take a look!
C. Carroll Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 8:04 amVisit C. Carroll
You say you hate Flash, but the media you have embedded on this blog pages requires Flash. Aren’t you being a little contradictory?
Hammy Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 9:15 amVisit Hammy
I’m quite the hypocrite as it turns out.