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> "Flash proxy" is a name that should make you think "quick" and "short-lived." Our implementation uses standard web technologies: JavaScript and WebSocket. I
by jcoder 14y ago
> "Flash proxy" is a name that should make you think "quick" and "short-lived." Our implementation uses standard web technologies: JavaScript and WebSocket.
I get it, but there's another (widely reviled) in-browser technology that goes by the name Flash, and it's entirely plausible that this could be written with it. Sometimes you need to be able to let go of a name.
- javis 14y agoDoes this not require Flash Player at all then?
- mmastrac 14y agoFrom a cursory investigation of the source, this is WebSockets only.
- thefreeman 14y agogotta agree here, I had the same reaction as probably every one else and instantly assumed it was using Adobe Flash before I read more.
- xtacy 14y agoActually, when the project started they used Flash to set up connections. I guess the name stuck on. :-)
- Yaggo 14y agoI like how to name implies (accidentally or not) that term "flash" is not anymore solely bound to doomed battery-eating technology from 00s but can be used as a generic word.