don't get me wrong, so am I but at the same time the HTML 4 world isn't going away anytime soon.. and it still needs to be supported.
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Gerald Guido <gerald.gu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>HTML 5 is very cool, but it's World Dominance is greatly exaggerated. > > None the less I am boning up on HTML5 CSS3 JS etc. MS is betting heavily on > HTML5 (Windows 8 is going to have a HTML5/CSS3/JS based UI) as is Google. > > Right now, according to my (extremely unscientific) estimates about 40-60% > of the browser market supports at least some of the HTML5 spec (Basically > everything except IE8 and below). Not to mention that XP's EOL is 04/14 so > it is not that far off. > > I have been playing with Adobe Edge, the HTML5 animation tool and it is > pretty freaking impressive at to what it can do with HTML/CSS/JS. It is a > lot like Flash Pro. > > G! > > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Scott Stewart > <webmas...@sstwebworks.com>wrote: > >> >> So are they going to try to force adoption of new browsers? I can tell >> you that in the Federal sector this won't wash.. >> (says me working from my federal Win XP IE 8 machine). >> >> HTML 5 is very cool, but it's World Dominance is greatly exaggerated. >> >> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Matt Quackenbush <quackfu...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > CF is indeed alive and well. Flex? Flash? Nopers. Done. Be sure to >> > read the portions from Adobe where they clearly state that for all future >> > enterprise development THEY recommend HTML5 and NOT Flash/Flex. >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Scott Stewart < >> webmas...@sstwebworks.com>wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> Hasn't the flex SDK *always* been open source? >> >> >> >> I think this last line contradicts your statement >> >> >> >> "Is Adobe still committed to Flash Builder? >> >> >> >> Yes. Flash Builder will continue to be developed and Adobe will work >> >> to ensure Flex developers can use Flash Builder as their development >> >> tool with future releases of Flex SDK." >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> on a personal note: >> >> >> >> Can we all take a step back, grab a deep breath and assess the >> >> situation in it's entirety before jumping to doomsday conclusions? >> >> The only thing I've seen that's concrete so far is that Adobe is >> >> dumping direct development of the Flash plugin for mobile >> >> environments. Their answer (IMO) wrap your Flash in the AIR SDK. >> >> >> >> ColdFusion is still alive and well >> >> Flex is still alive and well >> >> Flex Builder is still alive and well >> >> >> >> This gets old and we're not winning any converts by being paranoid >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Mike Chabot <mcha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Adobe announced this week that they are ending their commitment to >> >> > further Flex development. Flex 4.6 will likely be the last version >> >> > Adobe releases and the Flex SDK engineers will be reassigned to HTML 5 >> >> > projects. Future Flex development will come from the open source >> >> > community. >> >> > >> >> > The announcement is here: >> >> > http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/2011/11/your-questions-about-flex.html >> >> > >> >> > A petition asking the Adobe CEO to step down is here: >> >> > >> >> >> http://www.change.org/petitions/adobe-systems-shantanu-narayen-to-step-down-as-ceo >> >> > >> >> > -Mike >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:348723 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
