Subject: No Flash To Me
From: Flash_Sender@Microsoft_Addict
Sender: Flash_Sender@Microsoft_Addict

I append http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_flash_to_me.txt

Thanks for your web reference, but it is crippled by Flash, not accessible.
Best avoid Flash, & use HTML5:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5
Reasons To Avoid Flash:
- Flash requires browser to install & run proprietary binary code from
  Adobe. They fail to make their source code public: can't be trusted.
  can't be compiled for other versions of OSs & CPUs.

- Adobe only offer binary Flash for MS/Mac/Linux (not other Unixes & OSes),
	http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/

- Though Flash can run on Linux as a binary, & on BSD with emulation,
      http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html
  Flash would still be insecure.

- I have no time to waste keeping compatible versions aligned between flash,
  emulator, operating system, CPU types, & latest panic insecurity
  updates for sand box encapsulations of the mess.

- In-security :
  Another Flash security leak & in-security upgrade: 2014_02_04
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26045740
	"software maker acknowledged that usernames and encrypted
	passwords had been stolen from about 38 million of its
	active account holders last year."
   http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-04.html
   http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2014-February/089594.html

  Another Flash security leak & in-security upgrade: 2014-02-04
     http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-04.html
     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26045740
     http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2014-February/089594.html

    Another panic upgrade 2015-06-14:
     http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33255033

There is an FSF GNU flash in source for FreeBSD, but problematic
  http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=gnash&stype=all

At 2017-12-10 FreeBSD current has these & others:
  graphics/gnash
  www/flashplayer
  www/linux-flashplayer
  www/swfdec-plugin	(Mozilla plugin)

BBC were planning to use HTML5 instead of flash

A 59 meg web film from FSF, in WebM format (proving Flash is not needed)
  http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/FSF30-video/FSF_30_720p.webm

See Also:
  http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_flash_server.txt	For web-writers
  http://www.berklix.com   		Computer Consultancy
  http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/cv/ 	My Resume - English & German
  http://www.berklix.org/free/    	Free Software