On Sun, 6 Oct 2019 11:41:45 -0700 (PDT), blocher@columbus.rr.com
wrote:

>Over 10 years ago I started a website ( www.fourier-series.com)in which I b=
>uilt interactive flash programs to teach various engineering concepts. I In=
>itially designed these programs to personally understand DSP and then to pa=
>ss along what I learned to others****. These topics were fourier series, di=
>screte fourier series, fourier transforms filtering I/Q modulation and also=
> some RF stuff most notably the smith chart.
>
>I produced content aggressively for about three years (2008-2011).  At the =
>websites height I received about 2 emails per week and had about 3G of down=
>loads per day. My site also produced great returns for web searches (typica=
>lly #1,2 or 3) on the topics I covered.  Many professors linked to my pages=
>.  In about 2012 I got burned out on this but kept the content up.  The sit=
>e peaked in about 2013 or 2014 and then has had a slow decline in popularit=
>y and hits.  I still get traffic , but it is way down.  I get an occasional=
> letter but it is very occasional.
>
>At the end of this year most browsers will be disabling flash and I will be=
> sun setting my website. =20
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>Was it worth it?  I received No money for it ever.  I learned a ton about t=
>he topics for myself and I got over one hundred letters thanking me for hel=
>ping them understand various topics.
>
>Life moves on.
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>***** I had always considered myself an RF/radio engineer.  About 15 years =
>ago I was really becoming uncomfortable because it was becoming clear that =
>the future of radio was DSP and how could I call myself a radio engineer if=
> I did not really know DSP. From there I embarked on the loooong journey to=
> try to really understand the fundamentals of DSP.

Very cool site, and I think I remember looking at it over the years.

Don't feel alone, this kind of thing happens a lot.   I developed a
TON of code and libraries and apps on the Commodore Amiga back in the
day, and all of that went away.   I was a registered developer and
everything.   I wish I had read the tea leaves well enough that that
effort had been directed a little bit better.   ;)

I wonder whether there's not a historical effort or something that
could extend the usefulness, or even a program that can run flash
standalone?

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 4:22:52 PM UTC-4, Steve Pope wrote:
> <blocher@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> >At the end of this year most browsers will be disabling flash and I will
> >be sun setting my website.  
> 
> Is there some sort of utility that will automagically convert a
> website that uses Flash to HTML5?
> 
> Steve

Not really.  I have not looked into it too deep, but I have read that the conversion tools that are available do not work for flash programs that have a lot of interactivity

On 10/6/2019 1:41 PM, blocher@columbus.rr.com wrote:
> Over 10 years ago I started a website ( www.fourier-series.com)in which I built interactive flash programs to teach various engineering concepts. I Initially designed these programs to personally understand DSP and then to pass along what I learned to others****. These topics were fourier series, discrete fourier series, fourier transforms filtering I/Q modulation and also some RF stuff most notably the smith chart.
> 
> I produced content aggressively for about three years (2008-2011).  At the websites height I received about 2 emails per week and had about 3G of downloads per day. My site also produced great returns for web searches (typically #1,2 or 3) on the topics I covered.  Many professors linked to my pages.  In about 2012 I got burned out on this but kept the content up.  The site peaked in about 2013 or 2014 and then has had a slow decline in popularity and hits.  I still get traffic , but it is way down.  I get an occasional letter but it is very occasional.
> 
> At the end of this year most browsers will be disabling flash and I will be sun setting my website.
> 
> Was it worth it?  I received No money for it ever.  I learned a ton about the topics for myself and I got over one hundred letters thanking me for helping them understand various topics.
> 
> Life moves on.

Sorry to hear that. But your story sounds very similar to those who
use Java applets in the old days when browsers supported running
Java applets. I knew of many amazing website, filled with great
Java applets on all sorts of scientific topics which can no longer
be used and have disappeared. Which is terrible also.

May be you can convert your code from Flash to Javascript?

Javascript should be around for a very long time.

--Nasser



  

<blocher@columbus.rr.com> wrote:

>At the end of this year most browsers will be disabling flash and I will
>be sun setting my website.  

Is there some sort of utility that will automagically convert a
website that uses Flash to HTML5?

Steve

Over 10 years ago I started a website ( www.fourier-series.com)in which I b=
uilt interactive flash programs to teach various engineering concepts. I In=
itially designed these programs to personally understand DSP and then to pa=
ss along what I learned to others****. These topics were fourier series, di=
screte fourier series, fourier transforms filtering I/Q modulation and also=
 some RF stuff most notably the smith chart.

I produced content aggressively for about three years (2008-2011).  At the =
websites height I received about 2 emails per week and had about 3G of down=
loads per day. My site also produced great returns for web searches (typica=
lly #1,2 or 3) on the topics I covered.  Many professors linked to my pages=
.  In about 2012 I got burned out on this but kept the content up.  The sit=
e peaked in about 2013 or 2014 and then has had a slow decline in popularit=
y and hits.  I still get traffic , but it is way down.  I get an occasional=
 letter but it is very occasional.

At the end of this year most browsers will be disabling flash and I will be=
 sun setting my website. =20

Was it worth it?  I received No money for it ever.  I learned a ton about t=
he topics for myself and I got over one hundred letters thanking me for hel=
ping them understand various topics.

Life moves on.









***** I had always considered myself an RF/radio engineer.  About 15 years =
ago I was really becoming uncomfortable because it was becoming clear that =
the future of radio was DSP and how could I call myself a radio engineer if=
 I did not really know DSP. From there I embarked on the loooong journey to=
 try to really understand the fundamentals of DSP.