I agree Stephen - enabling creative people who were not that technical
to build really intricate animations and applications was a key reason
for Flash being successful. Even if the way they built things would give
most developers a hissy fit.
Most designers use Adobe tools (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, etc) so the
workflow tends to push you towards Flash.
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Jolly
Sent: 06 October 2009 12:14
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart
phones
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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