Ask HN: Are there things that Flash did that we still can’t do with today’s web?

1. Lottie for Android, iOS, and React Native

   1 48 35,374 7.9 Java

   Render After Effects animations natively on Android and iOS, Web, and React Native

   

   Lottie[1], an Adobe After Effects plugin, fills a gap in vector animation authoring and is quite widely used (primarily in mobile applications but also works on the web, Discord for example supports them for stickers).

   It's a pity SVG animation authoring tools never eventuated since it's an underutilized native format.

   [1] (ignore the GIF-converted examples, the originals are lightweight and vector-based) https://airbnb.io/lottie/

2. InfluxDB

   www.influxdata.com featured

   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. ruffle

   2 489 16,784 9.9 Rust

   A Flash Player emulator written in Rust

   

   I got some Flash applications[0] working in the Pro version of my remote, isolated iframe-embeddable browser[1] using Ruffle[2]. Basically I use CRDP to run Ruffle on pages that need it (sort of like a Chrome extension content script). Ruffle itself uses wasm and is quite fast. It's cool seeing the audio and video work and playing those old games.

   [0]: https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle/wiki/Test-SWFs

   [1]: https://github.com/crisdosyago/BrowserBox#bb-pro-vs-regular-...

   [2]: https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle

4. BrowserBox

   3 22 2,220 7.8 JavaScript

   Discontinued 📷 BrowserBoxPro - The internet. But unrestricted. And secure. Remote browser isolation product, available here and in Pro for purchase on our website. [Moved to: https://github.com/dosyago/BrowserBoxPro] (by dosyago)

   

   I got some Flash applications[0] working in the Pro version of my remote, isolated iframe-embeddable browser[1] using Ruffle[2]. Basically I use CRDP to run Ruffle on pages that need it (sort of like a Chrome extension content script). Ruffle itself uses wasm and is quite fast. It's cool seeing the audio and video work and playing those old games.

   [0]: https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle/wiki/Test-SWFs

   [1]: https://github.com/crisdosyago/BrowserBox#bb-pro-vs-regular-...

   [2]: https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle

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