On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/google/sneak-peek-of-android-based-tablet-running-adobe-air/2056?tag=nl.e539 > and > http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/google_tablets/google_android_tablet_shown_by_adobe_at_web_20_expo.html
>From what I've heard, Adobe is courting Android/Windows Phone 7 like hell now because Apple has basically accused Flash of being a load of rubbish. Which it is. Flash has always been a version behind on all platforms which don't rhyme with "Winblows." Hardware acceleration is still broken on all platforms other than Windows, which is why my MacBook's fan goes into jet-engine mode whenever I use YouTube. Adobe is trying really hard now to earn back a spot in the Apple ecosystem, which is a bet that the iPad will be as popular as the iPhone has been. Seeing as how they've already sold 1,000,000+ iPads to date, that might not be a bad bet to be making. Apple also has an excellent point in accusing Adobe Flash of being a closed, proprietary standard, which it is. Apple cited the benefits of using open standards and suggested that developers move towards HTML5 and JavaScript to perform tasks which would have historically been performed by Flash. FWIW, I happen to agree. JS/HTML5 are more ubiquitous and don't leave you dependent on Adobe. Although, if Adobe feels like opening the standard that Flash uses, I'd be interested to see someone build a third-party Flash plugin. Maybe one which actually works, for a change? -- Registered Linux Addict #431495 For Faith and Family! | John 3:16! http://www.fsdev.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
