Adobe reportedly will announce the end of Flash Player for mobile devices

[Recursion]

Source - My brain, but feel free to look it up.

As a developer, I know that flash can be decompiled, whereas director and other platforms can't So, I can just grab the plaintext, cool beans. Very naive to think just because it's one of the most widely used it's good, it's ****, and that's why most everyone is moving away from it.

Well done, that's not a security flaw at all. Oh, look, I can look straight at the source of HTML5 without decompiling, OH MAH GAWD IT'S A FLAW. No.

[Shox]

Well done, that's not a security flaw at all. Oh, look, I can look straight at the source of HTML5 without decompiling, OH MAH GAWD IT'S A FLAW. No.

That's rather silly, html isn't compiled for one, and two so, it's not a security flaw people have decompiled habbo's source code to benefit retros? You can understand EXACTLY how something works and replicate it in flash.

[Mathew]

I don't really have an opinion on this, but it's a bit annoying how I can't use Flash on my iPad. Then again, I'd probably log onto Habbo on it lol.. ;l

[peteyt]

There is! Flash is a lot less secure than other platforms other there.

But why replace a technology like flash with flaws and replace it with another technology with flaws?

I'm all for HTML5 in the long run, because it will mean most people should be able to view most content without having to worry about what they have installed, what versions they have (I think) etc. But I don't think they should release it till they have worked out the kinks and got it sorted. It's going to be a while before all sites use it. Also part of the problem is that people are now going to have to learn HTML5 and I gather this will be easy for most, but I'm not a coder so not aware if there is many differences between 4 and 5 that might take someone a while to work out.

I also have another question. With HTML5 will stuff like flash blocking programs actually work. I like the fact like on my mobile, I can decide to only turn flash on when I allow it e.g. the site is trying to show a flash video do you want to allow or block it - This might be annoying for people but its handy for avoiding dodgy sites.

I recommend reading thishttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16005053

[xxMATTGxx]

That's rather silly, html isn't compiled for one, and two so, it's not a security flaw people have decompiled habbo's source code to benefit retros? You can understand EXACTLY how something works and replicate it in flash.

That is hardly a security flaw.

[GommeInc]

Sources...?

Flash is one of the most widely used platforms in the world...

One could say that is proof in itself. A popular platform means a nicer target.

A shame Adobe are pulling Flash from the mobile industry. HTML 5 is desirable, but not as popular as it should be to take the reigns from Flash.

That is hardly a security flaw.

More a flaw with Habbo by design. Security wise, Habbo is safe - it's the people who use it and may not be able to determine a fake Habbo log-in to a real one. So agreed with this

[HotelUser]

[@]@Recursion[/@] [@]@Shox[/@] what you're both doing is only partially right but it's not the html most folks will be interested in reading, it's going to be the javascript accompanying it. You don't code say a Habbo client in HTML5, you use HTML to an extent but all logic and most of the fun is in javascript. The browser *does* compile this at runtime, and yes even if you minify users can still unminify and read your source but that's nothing new anyways.

I'm glad flash is going because I've never dabbled in it much and I'm already into using js css and html for web interfaces anyway (I also do believe the js approach is faster and can produce more native looking interfaces in general). Javascript (especially with the jQuery library) > flash in my opinion any day of the week.

[Shox]

That is hardly a security flaw.

I guess "security flaw", is a bad way to put it, but it's obviously not something good.

[xxMATTGxx]

I guess "security flaw", is a bad way to put it, but it's obviously not something good.

Can be a pretty useful thing as well.