The announcements don't specifically call out Adobe AIR -- but reading through the lines I'm assuming that AIR will be End of Life'd at the same time, since it is built on the same runtime as the Flash Player.
Alex, do you know if that is the case? -Nick On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 10:02 PM, Sebastian Mohr <smohr.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Carlos, > > does it mean, Adobe AIR will be taken further, and, only > FlashPlayer will be discontinued in 2020? I couldn't find > any information on that Flash update site … > > https://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2017/07/adobe-flash-update.html > > Thanks, > Sebastian > > > On Jul 25, 2017, at 11:10 PM, Carlos Rovira <carlos.rov...@codeoscopic.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I saw it some hours ago, and I must to say it seems very strange to me > read > > this movement. Let me explain: > > > > Although the world has gone "anti-flash" and the technology has very bad > > press to many people that doesn't know really about it, I must to say > that > > the last months I was very happy with the progress in our company making > a > > mobile version of our main product. > > > > It took only one to two month make it work in Android and iOS Tablets, > and > > now we are making some visual changes via media queries to make tablets > > more usable. We plan to release this versions after summer. > > > > So this means a very productive and short time to make that versions > since > > all Apache Flex codebase is valid and we are only "tweaking" some things > to > > make web and tablets more usable. > > > > I recently buy the new iPad Pro (10'5") and the performance of the Tablet > > versions is Awesome. As performant as desktop versions. For us the > minimum > > version are Tablets from 2014-2015 period. > > > > So, I don't know what you think, but for me it's awesome to see our > product > > perform greatly and be deployable at last in such environments and with > > much less investment that if we go the rewrite route with FlexJS or other > > technology. I think for new products created from scratch would be better > > to make it in a newer tech, but for legacy, this way is clearly better. > > > > So now in 2017, with phones and tablets with great power that can run > flash > > player (AIR) Apps, I think continue punishing a great tech is madness, > and > > making it go EOL is complexly absurd. > > > > I know we can't make anything, since such corporate announcement can't go > > backwards, so at least my worries are for: > > > > a) Could go Flash Player the same route as Apache Flex? instead of EOL, > > donate it? I think have it here inside Apache Flex would be a great > > addition and we could control all the aspects of our project. If not > we'll > > end with Apache Flex 4.16 having the same sort. > > > > b) I read that Adobe AIR will not be affected and as well Flash Player > and > > AS3 inside Adobe AIR, but honestly knowing the way Adobe makes things, I > > think that's what the say know, but things could change (as they should > do) > > when they want. > > > > What do you think? > > > > Note: one thing aside and a lesson know for 2010 to present is: Avoid use > > *ANYTHING* from Adobe, since you'll end with your investments in the bin. > > So Golden Rule for me is: "Avoid all Adobe Products". > > > > Best, > > > > Carlos > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2017-07-25 22:02 GMT+02:00 Nicholas Kwiatkowski < > > nicholaskwiatkow...@gmail.com>: > > > >> Looks like we have a date : > >> > >> https://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2017/07/adobe-flash-update.html > >> > >> -Nick > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > <http://www.codeoscopic.com> > > > > Carlos Rovira > > > > Director General > > > > M: +34 607 22 60 05 > > > > http://www.codeoscopic.com > > > > http://www.avant2.es > > > > > > Conocenos en 1 minuto! <https://youtu.be/P2IEAYDG5HU> > > > > > > Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario y puede contener > > información privilegiada o confidencial. Si ha recibido este mensaje por > > error, le rogamos que nos lo comunique inmediatamente por esta misma vía > y > > proceda a su destrucción. > > > > De la vigente Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos (15/1999), le > comunicamos > > que sus datos forman parte de un fichero cuyo responsable es CODEOSCOPIC > > S.A. La finalidad de dicho tratamiento es facilitar la prestación del > > servicio o información solicitados, teniendo usted derecho de acceso, > > rectificación, cancelación y oposición de sus datos dirigiéndose a > nuestras > > oficinas c/ Paseo de la Habana 9-11, 28036, Madrid con la documentación > > necesaria. > >
