honestly i miss the days of having a cd book of dvd/cd rom discs all written on in sharpie :(
software binders were great.
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I had so many OSX and Final Cut Pro DVD-Rs. And Adobe CS.
Nowadays I just use FOSS alternatives. Pirated software isn’t worth the risk anymore IMO.
it didn't even have to be pirated honestly. i just miss the idea of having physically owned software on disks/discs
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.
That's why 32mb USB sticks were invented.
I think blank CD-Rs were cheaper than any size USB drive at that point...
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.
CD-RWs are not magneto-optical. MiniDiscs are though.
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?
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.
Winamp
Plot twist, the cd-r was also stolen lol
Why do you have the same handwriting as me?
when did you last check where your flash 8 installer is?
Oh no!
Because you're just cool like that.
You too homie!
Dreamweaver....how I miss thee!
It was absolutely better under Macromedia.
So much better, loved all their apps.
dreamweaver, fireworks, and flash <3
but netscape composer was still the top of the mountain. <3
🤣... I am so old.
OhhoooOO Dreamweaver. I believe you can get me through...the niHIGHTttttttt
Oh Macromedia Flash 8 Professional how I miss you...
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)
Ruffle is available as a Firefox (and forks) extension, and it supports Android. I have tested it on desktop only.
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.
I had Flash 5
Hey why do you have my pocket?