BritePic: Redefining The img Tag

This looks like a terrible abuse of Flash. Why not just encode the parameters into the image URL and have it handled server-side?

I'm not just being an ideological purist here. I have two systems. One is pure 64-bit and thus simply can't run Flash, and the other uses Firefox's FlashBlock extension. If your site demands that I use Flash for something as simple as just viewing an image, you're going to give me a pretty lousy user experience. And of course, even those with no trouble running Flash are still prevented from easily being able to save an offline copy.

Maybe if this particular image/flash hack doesn't work, at least they are innovating and trying out new products, keeping that startup mentality of throwing something against the wall and seeing if it sticks.