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Adobe's future is controlling what you watch, not delivering it • The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/11/adobe_flash_analysis
Adobe's decision to stop developing mobile Flash shouldn't surprise: Adobe can see there's more money in preventing people watching stuff than enabling them to do so. ... Amazon's Kindle might be the biggest kid on the block, but just about all the other electronic book readers rely on Adobe's Digital Editions DRM to protect (and distribute) their content (which is laid out using the Adobe-owned-but-happily-shared ePub format).

Poll: What Is Your Reaction to the Death of Mobile Flash?

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/poll_what_is_your_reaction_to_the_death_of_mobile.php
The Web is singing this morning. The coming death of Flash on mobile devices has made a lot of tech pundits and developers very happy. There is a big fat "I told you so" coming from all corners the of Internet while all Adobe can do is quietly sit back and rue the day the original iPhone was announced.

It’s not just mobile — Adobe is abandoning Flash on TVs as well — Online Video News

http://gigaom.com/video/flash-tv-future
While the market for TV apps is incredibly fragmented, it doesn’t appear that Adobe’s Flash will provide a solution. The company confirmed through a statement that like mobile, it will no longer focus on porting the Flash plugin into web browsers on CE devices, but believes developers should build native apps on those devices instead.

TideArt - Web designers: Time to ditch Flash, Silverlight, and embrace HTML5

http://tideart.com/?id=4ebafb57
Yesterday, Adobe announced major job cuts and a company restructuring, and indicated that their focus on Flash may not be what it used to be, by cutting off Flash development on Android and the Playbook. Meanwhile last week, Microsoft was reluctantly admitting that Silverlight isn't a big part of their future either. The message is clear, and even if it means some relearning for long time web designers, it's time to switch to HTML5 if you haven't already.

Off My Mind: The Dangers of Flash's New Powers - Comic Vine

http://www.comicvine.com/news/off-my-mind-the-dangers-of-flashs-new-powers/143800
When Barry was trying to figure out if it was possible for him to go even faster. His friend, Dr. Elias, found some interesting information. It turns out that Barry's body is using the speed force to its full extent but his brain is not. In other words, Barry has to use his brain to gain more speed.

Realm Of The Mad God | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/01/12/realm-of-the-mad-god
"Okay, I am just working through game links here, so apologies for the volley of random Flash game links. This one is extra-plus awesome however, and discovered via the ultra-fertile sediment that is the TIGSource forums. Realm Of The Mad God is a “massively co-op fantasy adventure”, and that means acutely lo-fi multiplayer killing of ghosts and stuff, helping random people as you progress. You put in a name, choose a class, and off you go. It’s as basic as it could possibly be, and completely superb."

ANSI lives! Viewtronics, Flash Player 10 textmode viewer - peter nitsch.net

http://www.peternitsch.net/blog?p=618
"The best things in life are often silly, and in this case gloriously retro. Blocktronics, a collective of the best textmode artists around the world, have released their second art pack entitled “Codename Chris Wirth” in homage to the legendary ANSI artist RaD Man. No, it’s not 1995, and yes, this kind of art is still being produced in stunning fashion. "

This Is The Only Level | Armor Games

http://armorgames.com/play/4309/this-is-the-only-level
"The elephant forgot the rest of the levels, but luckily he still has one left! Help him beat it in all his metagaming glory. Use your keen knowledge of gaming and dexterity to manhandle your way through a variety of challenges. Get your mind out of the box for once! Take it outside for a walk, or maybe grab a bite to eat with it. "

camen design · Video for Everybody!

http://camendesign.com/code/video_for_everybody
"Video For Everybody is very simply a chunk of HTML code that embeds a video into a website using the HTML5 element which offers native playback in Firefox 3.5 and Safari 3 & 4 ... In other browsers that do not support , it falls back to Adobe Flash ... If Flash is not installed, QuickTime is used (which allows playback on the iPhone) ... If QuickTime is not installed then Windows Media Player is used in Internet Explorer for Windows Vista and above. ... Finally, if all else fails, a warning is issued that provides links to download the video, and links to software relevant to getting the video to play within the browser itself. ... This is all done without JavaScript and requires only two video encodes, one OGG file for Firefox 3.5, and one MP4 file for everything else (Flash / Safari / iPhone)."

Hemlock

http://hemlock-kills.com
"Hemlock is an open-source framework that combines the richness of Flash with the scalability of XMPP, facilitating a new class of web applications where multiple users can interact in real time. Games, workspace collaboration, educational tools… The only limit is your imagination."

ATARI SDrive

http://raster.infos.cz/atari/hw/sdrive/sdriveen.htm
"The SDrive is a device that connects to Atari XL/XE's serial (SIO) port and simulates an Atari floppy disk drive with full read/write access to programs and data stored on a SecureDigital flash card (SD)."

Flex:Open Source - Adobe Labs

http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex:Open_Source
"Adobe is announcing plans to open source Flex under the Mozilla Public License (MPL). This includes not only the source to the ActionScript components from the Flex SDK, which have been available in source code form with the SDK since Flex 2 was released

Mike Chambers: Flash and Web 2.0

http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2005/08/flash_and_web_2.cfm
"The neutrality of the entry is disputed, but it gives an example of how groups are trying to steer the direction of the discussion to benefit one technology over another (in this case Ajax over Flash)."

Open Laszlo

http://openlaszlo.org
"Laszlo is an open source platform for the development and delivery of rich Internet applications on the World Wide Web" Hmm, open source Laszlo versus very expensive Flex. This should be interesting

zoom

http://razghul.ice.org/misc/zoom/zoom.htm
Okay. Now this is one scary piece of flash. Continuous zooming scene of surrealist art. It's like a ride Willy Wonka's and Clive Barker's love child would produce.

Knuckles vs. Zero

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/188154
Flash movies and video game sprites are the new medium for the sort of crude drawings of tanks and army guys I used to make when I was a little kid.

gotoAndPlay();: MTgotoAndComment : Et voilà!

http://www.gotoandplay.ca/archives/2004/01/28/mtgotoandcomment_et_voila.html
I can't read French, but apparently, this is a comment form implemented in Flash so as to throw a monkey wrench into spamming. Interesting, but misguided. Maybe even goes further toward allowing spammers to automate.