FLASH IS DEAD

Why does 4chan even have a /f/ ???

HTML 5 makes flash completely useless

>>21
can you put all the files necessary for a rich multimedia Flash file into one file without Flash?
This is a misfeature of Flash. I don't know what you really want: embedding a sub-document in another document (like advertisements in a parent page)? Or truly encapsulating everything in a single file (as in a single URL gets requested to the server via HTTP)? Both are possible with HTML, but the second one is rather detrimental.

How about handling file uploads or storing data locally?
Both of these can be done in HTML. Old browsers have some limitations, but all currently shipping browsers (except for IE) match Flash feature-wise (I suppose what you want is the ability for the user to select several files to upload at once, and the ability to store large amounts (a few megabytes) of data locally).

Or dare I ask about webcam / microphone support, for video chat?
This is a valid complaint.

Or interacting with the operating system in any way at all?
This one's just bogus. Care to elaborate?