On 6 Oct 2009, at 11:34, Brian Butterworth wrote:
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.
Thinking about it from a different angle, I've always thought that a
big reason for the success of Flash was Adobe's reputation for
providing great tools for designers. (As opposed to developers, who
probably all hated it until the roll-out of Flex and ActionScript
3...) I suspect that even if HTML 5 completely eats Flash's lunch in
technical terms, there will still be a substantial Flash community
unless and until HTML 5 (+CSS+JS+SVG) authoring tools as good as the
Flash authoring tools become available.
S
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