I find it odd that Gmail.com uses Flash since Flash is considered lousy for the web (in many ways).
What did Gmail use Flash for?
Why wasn’t that feature implemented with Java Applet or Javascript instead?
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I find it odd that Gmail.com uses Flash since Flash is considered lousy for the web (in many ways).
What did Gmail use Flash for?
Why wasn’t that feature implemented with Java Applet or Javascript instead?
Along with various sexiness with attachments, as @ScottR mentioned:
…Flash is definitely used for video chat.