New Technology : Why Flash Needs to Die (And How You Can Get Rid of It)

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Do you remember the end of Old Yeller, when the kid has to shoot his dog because it has rabies? The situation with Adobe Flash is a little like that, except that the dog isn’t rabid – it’s just not very good. And nobody actually ever loved it. The Internet’s relationship with Flash has been rocky for a while. Since the creation of alternatives like HTML5 video, more and more major websites have been steadily dropping it – including giants like Netflix and YouTube. Things got a bit heated last month when Firefox became aware of a critical security vulnerability...

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