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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Some of you might remember when a 3mb flash animation could pack in some 5 minutes of animation, with the more advanced ones even having chapter/scene selectors, which could also include clickable easter eggs and other kinds of interactions during the scenes.

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[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago (3 children)

As a desktop Linux use, Flash was a pain in my existence.

That shitty plugin that never worked right in Linux because fuck Linux users, amiright?

Then whole sites were written in Flash, hurting web interoperability and degrading standards. Of course many public services, banks, followed the trend because shiny.

Fuck those dark ages. The day that shit died was a good day indeed.

I harbor hate for not many things, but Flash is one of them.

[–] Willdrick@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Microsoft Silverlight: "Hold my beer"

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That name brings up repressed memories. Curse you for making me remember that abominable software

[–] toddestan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I actually had some hope for that because we needed something to break the Flash monopoly, and I trusted Microsoft slightly more than I trust Adobe.

However, it never went anywhere because everyone expected Microsoft was just going to kill it, and of course Microsoft killed it, and that was that.

Like zombo com where you can do anything. The only limit is yourself.

[–] insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I had some (but not much) issue back when I used Chrome (although IIRC just as much was a mime-type issue not letting them play in the browser) and still use the standalone player without issue.

I don't think anyone is defending Flash used for websites, aside from some personal blog or portfolio maybe.

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I don't think anyone is defending Flash used for websites, aside from some personal blog or portfolio maybe.

Yes, sorry, I just got a post-traumatic trigger when someone mentions it.