[Foundation-l] The problem with Flash

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
Well given that as, from your point of view, this issue raises its ugly head
yet again, it cannot be said that the community has reached consensus on
this issue. There are people that do not share your opinion and are not
afraid to say so. There are good arguments against the use of apparently not
everybody bought into your ideas or weighs them and comes to a different
conclusion.

There is one thing you should consider, MediaWiki is not only used for
educational purposes by the Wikimedia Foundation. There is a lot of great
educational material available in Flash. This is a really strong argument
when you use MediaWiki in an educational setting.
Thanks,
    GerardM

On Jan 20, 2008 9:24 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
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