And even if you do want it, you can always just install the Ruffle extension[1]
I, too, was surprised about Flash. I'm an older dev but I never got into Flash in the heyday of the 90s internet. Weird right? So many people were really into using Flash games and apps, I just completely ignored it. Only since Flash End-of-Life prompted multiple people to contact me asking if this VF browser could support Flash.
At first I dismissed this as just a really niche and weird use case. But over time, and more and more people asking about this I thought, "maybe I'm missing something here." So I looked into it and discovered Ruffle, which is basically a massive project with 100s of thousands of users. It's also pretty cool.
And then, finally, 20 years after the heyday, I started trying out Flash games and movies and apps for this integration. And I found out they're actually really cool. There's a whole deep reservoir of really creative, and moving, and entertaining content that was expressed in Flash--and tho I'm sure this must be obvious to some people--I was never aware of it.
So why do I want Flash? Indeed, it's the question you ask before you realize how cool Flash, or the Flash content, really is. Maybe you look at that and still think Flash is not for you, but at least then you can appreciate why so many people love it.
I, too, was surprised about Flash. I'm an older dev but I never got into Flash in the heyday of the 90s internet. Weird right? So many people were really into using Flash games and apps, I just completely ignored it. Only since Flash End-of-Life prompted multiple people to contact me asking if this VF browser could support Flash.
At first I dismissed this as just a really niche and weird use case. But over time, and more and more people asking about this I thought, "maybe I'm missing something here." So I looked into it and discovered Ruffle, which is basically a massive project with 100s of thousands of users. It's also pretty cool.
And then, finally, 20 years after the heyday, I started trying out Flash games and movies and apps for this integration. And I found out they're actually really cool. There's a whole deep reservoir of really creative, and moving, and entertaining content that was expressed in Flash--and tho I'm sure this must be obvious to some people--I was never aware of it.
So why do I want Flash? Indeed, it's the question you ask before you realize how cool Flash, or the Flash content, really is. Maybe you look at that and still think Flash is not for you, but at least then you can appreciate why so many people love it.
[1]: https://ruffle.rs/#usage