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So what reasons are there to use flash over HTML5, I ask myself and the HN crowd? -Video. (Mwoah, only non-WebM video, can't really count this one) -Webcam

by Ruudjah 15y ago

So what reasons are there to use flash over HTML5, I ask myself and the HN crowd? -Video. (Mwoah, only non-WebM video, can't really count this one) -Webcam (thanks garethsprice) -Simultaneous sounds (thanks AndyJPartridge) -Cross-browser support (browsers interpreting HTML5 differently) -??? Non competitive advantages: -Games (see Angry Birds) -3D hardware acceleration (both have the same security issues exposing shaders) Competitive advantages HTML5 over flash: -2D Hardware acceleration -Open -Cross-browser support (flash has it's update/versioning problems)

garethsprice 15y ago
Cross-browser support. Getting much better, but HTML5 is still a pain to test/debug cross-browser (or, "in IE and in everything else", which is mostly what CBT comes down to)
AndyJPartridge 15y ago
For me, the biggest problem I have trying to use HTML5/Javascript/CSS for a game is sound. I can't get background music and sound effects working simultaneously under iOS using just those standards.
- ericmoritz 15y ago
  is that a deficiency of the iOS browser or the HTML5 standard?
  - AndyJPartridge 15y ago
    iOS mainly: Sounds need to be triggered by touch events, which of course for gaming seriously restricts what you can do. EG: No sound effect from an alien shooting at you.
amackera 15y ago
There's a pretty massive software ecosystem surrounding Flash. Tons and tons of mature libraries for Flash. Not so much for HTML5 (though that will change with mass adoption and time).