Google now automatically converts Flash ads to HTML5

[Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan]

Positivity has to be appended just to tell that this update is a good one.

The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

As far as I'm concerned it is good news. I hate hate HATE flash with a passion.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

[tgrt]

And it needs to die. Flash is the new IE6.

[Lost User]

That implies that Flash can do more than HTML5.

Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

[DaveX86]

I think animated banner ads should be converted to inert JPG's so that the first frame is the only thing they get to show...I can live with that. Hey, that might be a good idea for a plugin :)

[Lost User]

YEah - but this initiative won't make it die - it will increase its lifespan - as why would flash devs learn HTML5 if they can keep doing what tghey are doing and have Google do the conversion for them?

PooperPig - Coming Soon

[Rob Grainger]

It can indeed, like infect our computers with various malware.

"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.

[Dan Neely]

If I block the div an ad is in, it doesn't matter if it was implemented in flash, html5, java, or silverblight; all are equally hidden from my view.

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

[Dan Neely]

I wonder if they built their own tool for scratch, or if they're building off of Shumway[^], Mozilla's attempt to create a flash runtime in javascript.

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

You've a point. But maybe they will end-of-life the conversion after giving the converted-to-HTML5 flash code back to the admakers. Then also, at the same time, strip all flash out of webpages displayed in chrome.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein