Today the popularity of the Flash Player
is hard to deny.
Even Microsoft currently uses it in some
of there latest web sites such as “Microsoft @ 30”
Anyway I think Microsoft would come under
a lot of heat if they attempted to drop all use of it from there future browser
releases and would be better off looking at other methods to promote their own
products.
From:
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Dowdell
Sent: Monday, 10 October 2005 3:00
PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Will
browsers support FlashPlayer in the future?
Aldo Bucchi wrote:
> Is there a chance that any major browser
might simply cut support for
> the Flash Player Plugin at some point?
Anything's possible, but I do know that daily
adoption of new Macromedia
Flash Player greatly outweighs the new adoption of
any browser or
operating system.
Here's the list of current distribution partners:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/partners/
Here's a recent comparison of XP adoption rates:
http://www.betanews.com/article/Windows_XP_Adoption_Rates_Slow/1118943913
Summary: In June05 WinXP
had risen to 38% of enterprise use,
compared to 48% for Win2000, in the years after
XP's release in 2001.
(In comparison, Macromedia Flash Player has
historically hit 80%
adoption within a year, and will likely quicken in
the future with new
auto-update.)
Being included in default OS and browser
installations is great,
naturally, but consumers update their Flash
capabilities much more
quickly than they update their browsing or system
capabilities.
Do you feel that this information will be useful
for your client...?
jd
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