There was always the luck for Macromedia (now Adobe) that when they launched Flash there was no competitor. Even Microsoft used Flash 2 on the old Microsoft Network. When I first heard that Macromedia were going to add a video player to the Flash plugin I though that it might catch on! It's been good for Flash - all those adverts don't get blocked because people like YouTube.
It does seem like a VERY long time since I started using HTML that we still have no audio visual and vector standards to use. IMHO 2009/10/6 Anthony McKale <[email protected]> > i think plugins tend to be created to fill gaps > > flash has done well because it filled alot of gaps > > it seems one of the biggest gaps in html was video, however though the > video/audio tags seem a great step forwards > the lack of a clear commonly supported streaming protocal/branding/inserted > adverts and common drm solution > seems to be gaps that flash will continue to fill in the video space until > there filled and widely supported in the video/audio tag > > Also video is one of many gaps in html -> see 3d/Games/Wigwig designing etc > etc > > but still i suppose one step at a time, I'm sure by the time flashes role > in html is obseleted there'll be in that desktop/set-top > space there so desperately trying to get into :) > > Zap > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Phil Whitehouse > *Sent:* 06 October 2009 09:21 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart > phones > > In case you're interested, I'm organising a free event where javascript > legend Jeremy Ruston is giving a talk on "HTML5 and the slow death of > Flash". Plenty of time for Q&A afterwards! Details here: > > http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4516026/ > > Cheers, > Phil > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:42 PM, cisnky <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Mate, Dream on about HTML 5 killing off Flash. HTML5 is a standards time >> bomb waiting to go off. >> >> >> 2009/10/5 Zen <[email protected]> >> >>> Hopefully. HTML5 will kill off flash once and for all. Some hope! >>> >>> >>> >>> On 5 Oct 2009, at 14:19, Dan Brickley wrote: >>> >>> Great news, phone fans! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8287239.stm >>>> >>>> "One of the most common technologies for watching video on a computer >>>> will soon be available for most smartphones. >>>> >>>> Flash software is used to deliver around 75% of online video and is >>>> the key technology that underpins websites such as YouTube and Google >>>> Video. >>>> >>>> Until now, many smartphones and netbooks have used a "light" version >>>> of the program, because of the limited processing power of the >>>> devices. >>>> >>>> The new software is intended to work as well on a smartphone as a >>>> desktop PC. >>>> >>>> Adobe, the maker of Flash, said it should be available on most >>>> higher-end handsets by 2010, although Apple's iPhone would continue >>>> not to use the software. >>>> >>>> "The sort of rich apps we now see being delivered on PCs will now be >>>> coming to the phone," Ben Wood, director of mobile research at analyst >>>> firm CCS Insight, told BBC News. >>>> >>>> "You'll be able to access a lot of the cool stuff that web designers >>>> are coming up with." " >>>> >>>> ... >>>> >>>> "Apple anomaly >>>> ... >>>> >>>> The new software will be available for Windows Mobile, Palm webOS and >>>> desktop operating systems including Windows, Macintosh and Linux later >>>> this year. >>>> >>>> Trial software for Google Android and the popular Symbian operating >>>> systems are expected to be available in early 2010. >>>> >>>> However, it will not be available for the Apple iPhone, according to Mr >>>> Muraka. >>>> >>>> "We're going to need Apple's cooperation," he told BBC News. "At the >>>> moment Safari (Apple's web browser) doesn't support any kind of >>>> plug-in [on the iPhone]." >>>> >>>> "But we'd love to see it on there." >>>> >>>> Mr Wood said he thought that time would come soon. >>>> >>>> "As momentum builds, I think Apple will have little choice but to >>>> embrace it [Flash]," he said. "Watch this space." >>>> >>>> Apple did not respond to requests for comment. " >>>> - >>>> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. 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