"Jose" wrote in message
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Flash does not allow the user to control the experience, is a security
hazard on the web, and becasue it cannot be disabled, is primarily used by
advertisers to give us a "more exciting web experience". I have ripped
flash out of my system by the throat.

Good for you. The world certainly can use more idealists. I have found
the headaches involved in not using Flash greater than the headaches in
using it. Unfortunately, far too many of the web sites that I want to use
insist on using Flash. It drives me up the wall, but my only other option
is to just not use those web sites and unfortunately, it is more
inconvenient to use alternatives than to have Flash installed.

I agree that we'd all be better off without Flash, but the fact remains that
at least it's a defacto standard on the web. It provides more functionality
than the free PowerPoint viewer, and is more widely present. In that
respect, compared to using PowerPoint, it is a superior solution.

Most people would recognize that as damning with faint praise.

Pete