I don't know - this all seems so premature. It's not like HTML5 is 100% ready for primetime. I think of some of the stuff I do with Flex and HTML/JS seems much weaker as a programming language. A key phrase in the post was 'in the long run'. I don't see HTML/JS being stronger than Flex for enterprise development for some time to come.
On Nov 15, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Gerald Guido 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:348735 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
