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SHOW HN2023
267points
124comments
#182of 3,109 in 2023
Top 6%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
18 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 13 critical, out of 47 comments about the project. Thread score +0.20.
Idea: 11 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 8 againstDesign: 4 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Nostalgia for Flash and its role in people's careers
From 3 comments
Flash literally changed my life. I wouldn't be who I am without it. I owe everything to it. Without Flash, I wouldn't have most of my friends who I met via the VKontakte app…
grishka on HNI owe my career to Flash. I got started because my school would block game sites, and we weren't allowed to play games at lunch time. I used Flash to learn how to make games and…
michaelbrooks on HNMy professional career was: ActionScript 1 -> I am making silly games! ActionScript 2 -> I am making cool games! ActionScript 3 -> OO, classes, IDEs, SDKs, oh my got, I think I…
dandare on HN
Thoughtful and beautiful creative work
From 3 comments
I enjoyed that - thanks for sharing and making it. Thoughtful and kind of beautiful. Flash was such a huge part of why the internet was awesome for me growing up. My favorite…
libraryatnight on HNBravo, dude. The analogy I go to is that of a living versus a dead language, which I got from my dad. He was a professional cellist for years before he said screw it, got an MBA,…
riwsky on HNI would like to thank OP for creating this. I watched this yesterday and thought the visuals were fun, playful, and rare in this day and age. More than that, it felt like I was…
grupthink on HN
Objections
Crashes or chugs on mobile devices
From 4 comments
It's 2023, what are my thoughts on Flash? It still doesn't work on mobile. That's my only thought. My phone is more powerful than my computer was when Flash died. Makes no sense.
jtbayly on HNYou weren't kidding about it chugging on mobile. I'm on a Google Pixel 6 and it crashed my browser :'D. Perhaps it can be used as a nice stres test for Ruffle. Also, I would…
Asooka on HNSurprisingly enjoyable. Make sure to stay for the phone conversation about mining. I usually don't take messages about mobile performance seriously, but this does bring even A15…
Toutouxc on HNFor me, this crashed at about a minute in with a sad error screen.
bobmaxup on HN
Visuals are headache-inducing
From 1 comment
Most comments seem to be just praising this, but in my opinions the visuals are just headache inducing non-sense. I remember watching flash animations and briefly dabbling in…
nextlevelwizard on HN
Questions
What is the new language for web art after Flash, such as WebGL?
From 1 comment
I was a huge Flash nerd, all the way since Macromedia Flash 5. I learnt programming with Flash 5 and action script. I have been at it until Flash 8. Then I stopped putting effort…
mclightning on HN
Alternatives named
Ruffle
From 2 comments
That's pretty much it - though it's been able to target other platforms since long before the "Animate" name change. I believe it still has a small-but-significant market share…
rickdicker on HNThis is very cool. It sent me down a rabbit hole of NG’s Flash Forward submissions that ultimately triggered a strong sense of nostalgia for the late ‘00s and ‘10s. There was a…
CSSer on HN
Adobe Animate
From 2 comments
Is the concept of authoring with Flash actually dead/deprecated? I've been trying to understand--and maybe you're willing to help answer this--whether Adobe Animate is just a…
saurik on HNThat's pretty much it - though it's been able to target other platforms since long before the "Animate" name change. I believe it still has a small-but-significant market share…
rickdicker on HN
Unity
From 1 comment
A thought I’ve had for a few years now is that the loss of the Flash runtime (and the rise of mobile) might have been the proximate cause for the end of fun small web based…
CoolestBeans on HN