> This is part of the reason why Flash used to be popular with companies.
I would happily go back to flash. However bad flash was, it was at least external to the browser. I could turn it off globally and things would get much lighter and memory would be freed up. All we have done with html5 is integrate the shitty functionality into the core of our browser.
The one thing that Mozilla had to do was not normalize this crap, and they wouldn't do it because they weren't hip enough or something.
Publishers don't have as much control as you think. I've seen so many failed experiments in years past. This is our fault. We enabled them to abuse us.
I would happily go back to flash. However bad flash was, it was at least external to the browser. I could turn it off globally and things would get much lighter and memory would be freed up. All we have done with html5 is integrate the shitty functionality into the core of our browser.
The one thing that Mozilla had to do was not normalize this crap, and they wouldn't do it because they weren't hip enough or something.
Publishers don't have as much control as you think. I've seen so many failed experiments in years past. This is our fault. We enabled them to abuse us.