Death of Flash
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- BIGGESTDOGINTHEWORLD0
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"I'll probably turn it off my self?"
Yeah I'm sure peoples Mums and Dads will even understand the concept of a plugin, let alone which thing to turn off in preferences to stop their browser chugging along and crashing. They'll probably just come to the conclusion the iPhone is shit and then go back to their dumb handset.Do you see where Apple is coming from now? They are sick of an outside company's technology having a negative impact on the perception of their products.
Its not some tin foil hat iTunes store conspiracy, Apple makes money on hardware not music sales. And if that hardware appears to be shitty because of Flash they'll ditch Flash
- "they need some site-by-site safari/ flash approval." read the first fucking sentence.kingsteven
- as for the "conspiracy" i used to do a lot of flash sites for record companies, and i'm an iPhone using music purchaser.kingsteven
- i'm simply stating that what is being passed off as a technical decision, benefits the part of apple's business that fuels their hardware sales...kingsteven
- hardware sales.kingsteven
- that doesn't mean if i worked for apple i'd come to the same decision... in fact i'd probably ban flash for this reason alone.kingsteven
- evanburke0
Pupsipu, browsers may exist on 100% of platforms. I don't think anyone disputes that.
But there are huge difference between the actual browsers people are using. Some people still use IE5, ffs.
HTML5 won't be viable for years because of slow adoption and disparate implementation.
@font-face has been around since 1998 (CSS2) and it's still a mess to use because of varying support and implementation.
- ukit0
Adobe's CTO published a blog post on the future of Flash. I think they recognize that they are at a turning point and the next version of Creative Suite will be critical.
- ukit0
Just hard to ignore the fact that every major OS-controlling company (Microsoft, Apple, and Google) is now actively working to move away from it. That may be a difficult barrier to overcome in the long term.
- Hombre_Lobo0
im completely shocked how the previous 5 posts seem to illustrate a proper industry related conversation. Containing none of the usual throw away comments or hostility often found on QBN...
im concerned...
- Bullitt0
http://9elements.com/io/projects…
Behold. shitness....IE: HTML5 designed by developers for designers.
- armsbottomer0
@spraycan
i know many people that share your opinion, and while its entirely valid to take that stance, i personally don't agree. i use to hate languages that i just didn't understand, until i started playing around with them a bit more (i'm now quite glad i gave them a chance). however, there are instances when i find java is the right tool for a job, and appreciate it.perhaps you might consider giving languages outside of your comfort zone a shot, you might just learn something new.
cheers.
- Stugoo0
without reading the last 4 pages of this post, I'm only going to chuck in my 2bob by saying: What concerns me most about adobe in general is the fact that they keep adding new features to CS, making the programs bigger and more unstable than refining what they have and making it better, faster and stronger.
- GeorgesII0
Are you fuckn kidding me,
did job really say that?
“About Adobe: They are lazy, Jobs says. They have all this potential to do interesting things but they just refuse to do it. They don’t do anything with the approaches that Apple is taking, like Carbon. Apple does not support Flash because it is so buggy, he says. Whenever a Mac crashes more often than not it’s because of Flash. No one will be using Flash, he says. The world is moving to HTML5.”
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2…- Up next: Satoru Iwata Power-glove slapping Sony's Sir Howard StringerPeter
- vaxorcist0
Flash ROI is an issue....
-how much does it cost to make a flash site?
-how maintainable is site after developer leaves?
-how predictable is the timeframe?
-how likely is it to require a rewrite rather than a tweek in a few months?
-how can we manage the client's expectations of near-avatar-like animation?
-how can we do SEO without re-inventing stuff too much?- With the way you can write AS3 sites they can be extremely flexible. Check out some of the frameworks that are out now.mathinc
- whatsup0
Adobe should just make their own device that can play flash stuff.