I agree that Flash is a bloated PITA, but there is nothing out there like it, is there? What can deliver what flash does?
And please don't say HTML 5. :) ~kari On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Chris Miller <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 -- 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
