Death of Flash
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^ This is the second time I've heard this, "bringing us back to 1998" on the basis that we are not using flash. Whether we use flash or not, it doesn't really matter to the consumer, until they meet a flash website.
Ok, so at a developer's standpoint, you'd weigh out the best possible technologies, as Apple has and they made their choice. A wise decision and BTW a Green decision too. Energy savings alone gets a big thumbs up. However, if you're willing to fight the fight... what can you do in Flash that you would not be able to with HTML5 in the future?
Doing simple 3d animation between two transitioning states with HTML5 was a cinch. I've not seen this possible within Flash, and all the 3d there was not real 3d. After seeing this in HTML5, I now think that it may be possible for better games within in comparison to Flash.
The fact that a flash player updates itself more frequently in comparison to these HTML standards, still flash has to deal with spreading the update across all browsers. However, HTML5 could update as frequently as the browser updated, but there wouldn't be any need to.
I thought the open standards issue is a big thumbs up for developers. With a flash player, you're either a flash developer or not. Leaving all the others in the dust. This new direction Apple has taken pretty much opens itself to a larger developer community. If that's not a worthy goal, then what is?
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- apple fan boyspraycan
- i simply posted it because it was something i hadnt thought ofsixfngers
- i dont care what i have to develop in i can do whateversixfngers
- damn i hate breaking up comments like thissixfngers
- oops! this was @ projectilewhatsup
- BTW- @ spraycan - apple fan boy? I highly doubt that but sounds like you put alot of thinking into that thought.whatsup