On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Kris Sisk <ks...@gckschools.com> wrote: > I've gotta say in the browers that support it HTML5 works. For those of use > who like to work with OSes other than Windows that's not always true of > Flash. It's great on Windows, but on any other OS it's buggy as hell. > > And yes, I realize that those of use who use something other than Windows > are an underwhelming minority. Being a part of that minority, however, I'm > inclined to look forward to anything that can do even some of what Flash > does without all the bugs.
I definitely agree that Adobe has some serious work ahead of them and that this whole "Apple vs Adobe" thing is forcing Adobe to address alot of problems they have had their head in the sand about for years. I think that this new RIA platform war is a good thing for the web in the long run since it's sure to result in an arms race of sorts, similar to the browser wars of the Dot Com era. Hopefully every technology involved will come out better for it, but there is a chance that one of them will not survive in the long run, There is even a chance that Flash will be the one that loses. Another high profile failure of Flash on Android has been making the rounds this weekend: http://jeffcroft.com/blog/2010/may/08/android-flash-demo-flashcamp-seattle/ I have alot of time and effort (basically my entire career) invested in Adobe technologies, much of that in Flex/Flash, but at the end of the day Adobe needs to get their act together, and quickly. They are bleeding, the clock is ticking, and everyone's watching. Having said that though - HTML5 is great too but not a real alternative yet. Anyone who thinks it is a viable cross platform replacement for Flash today is really seriously misinformed. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317800 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
