Damn fancy pants, ain't nobody who can afford to use 700mb of potential storage for a 24mb installer and a crack with a virus. That's why 32mb USB sticks were invented.

We plebs had CD-ROMs from Bulgaria filled with software compressed to the max including both Flash and that Adobe program used to create flash content. And ripped versions of games where the audio and video was recompressed at a barely tolerable bitrate. Everything with cracks and viruses of course.

That's how I heard Oasis for the first time, "Champagne Supernova". Bundled as an MP3 with that dang music player that I can't remember the name of. You know the one that really whips the llamas ass? Yeah, that's the one.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's why 32mb USB sticks were invented.

I think blank CD-Rs were cheaper than any size USB drive at that point...

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely, and the really fancy people even had CD-RW, an opti-magnetic system. But not all disk drives could read them, just like not all computers had an USB port!

Wild times, let's not even get started on DVD-R and DVD+R - we could be here for hours.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

CD-RWs are not magneto-optical. MiniDiscs are though.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I knew about MD's, but I thought there was a metal alloy inside the CD-rw's heated up by laser, alligned/written with magnets?

[–] dethmetaljeff@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 months ago

It's a phase change alloy, when writing a high powered laser is used to melt the alloy, when it cools quickly it becomes opaque. When erasing, a lower powered laser heats up the disc and returns it to its transparent state. A reading laser isn't powerful enough to change the phases at all. So, you have the idea right... just no magnets involved.

[–] maltasoron@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

Winamp

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago

Plot twist, the cd-r was also stolen lol

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why do you have the same handwriting as me?

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

when did you last check where your flash 8 installer is?

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 14 points 2 months ago

Oh no!

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because you're just cool like that.

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 4 points 2 months ago

You too homie!

[–] crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Dreamweaver....how I miss thee!

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was absolutely better under Macromedia.

[–] crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago

So much better, loved all their apps.

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

dreamweaver, fireworks, and flash <3

but netscape composer was still the top of the mountain. <3

[–] crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

🤣... I am so old.

[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

OhhoooOO Dreamweaver. I believe you can get me through...the niHIGHTttttttt

[–] HatchetHaro@pawb.social 8 points 2 months ago

Oh Macromedia Flash 8 Professional how I miss you...

[–] diemartin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I wish there was some (safe) way to play Flash games on Android. Gnash wasn't ready last time I checked a few years ago (that may have changed, but can't find anything for Android)

[–] Flyswat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ruffle is available as a Firefox (and forks) extension, and it supports Android. I have tested it on desktop only.

[–] diemartin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Oh. Will have to take a look. Thanks!

I also saw this earlier on F-Droid, but for some reason thought it was yet another social network/messaging service, and the lack of an useful description in the F-Droid page just made me skip it.

[–] rothaine@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

I had Flash 5

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Hey why do you have my pocket?