title: Flash around us
link: http://jj.isgeek.net/2006/05/flash-around-us/
author: Jj
description: 
post_id: 180
date: 2006/05/09 23:00:18
created_gmt: 2006/05/10 04:00:18
comment_status: open
slug: flash-around-us

Lately, the use of [Flash](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Flash) has been getting pretty decent, there are now quite a few web applications out there, making great use of the technology, opposed to what many people has been used to/unaware of all this time.

The thing is that [Flash](http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/flashpro/?promoid=BINT) being a propietary piece of technology, makes everybody depend on what macromedia feels like, and macromedia feels like not releasing a linux version of the latest flash version, or decides that flash player can only be used uncer a small list of specified OSs.

So what about the rest (~5% ?) of the desktop users out there using BSDs, Symphony, Silable, god-knows-what? 

So far I've found that [Vimeo](http://www.vimeo.com), and [Gtalkr](http://www.gtalkr.com/), as well as many fresh sites out there are blindly using flash 8. I guess the lucky ones in the permited list, should wait until release 8.5 comes out when Macromedia has some spare time :roll:

I know there is [Gnash](http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/)..., the idea is awesome, but so far doesn't solve the issue :?

## Comments

**[Jakob](#700 "2006-05-10 13:30:04"):** Vimeo.com

