[Foundation-l] The problem with Flash

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Jan 20, 2008 3:07 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
[regarding Flash]
> Nobody is saying that we should use it now.

This isn't true.

For instance, Erik has long advocated an immediate adoption of flash
(for example, http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2007-July/002189.html),
and especially with this latest partnership I've seen no evidence that
his position has changed.

In prior discussions it has been as clear as these things ever are
that the community doesn't want to go that route. Yet the partnership
with a flash based web-slideshow startup certainly sounds like
movement in that direction. This is one reason that some people here
are frustrated.