'Occupy Flash' developers want to kill off Adobe browser plug-in
Found on Computerworld UK on Friday, 18 November 2011
"Flash Player is dead. Its time has passed. It's buggy. It crashes a lot. It requires constant security updates," said the Occupy Flash site. "It's a fossil, left over from the era of closed standards and unilateral corporate control of web technology."
Occupy Flash urged browser users to uninstall Flash Player, and provided instructions for both Windows and Mac OS X users to do so. It also called on developers on stop using Flash in future projects, and encouraged users to upgrade to a browser that supports HTML5.
"We're pretty realistic about the facts," said the Occupy Flash spokesman. "Flash Player is on like 99% of the desktops. Our little movement won't change that, but we want to start the conversation.
I am one of the 1%. Not running Flash makes surfing the web much nicer. One of the main uses for Flash are ads; and while advertisers may think different, I do not like being bothered by some animated ad which often enough also includes sound and does nothing but annoy me.