This move has been telegraphed by Adobe for awhile. Number of times the word Flash came up in Day One Keynote at MAX? Zero. It was all about Phone Gap and HTML5.
They also announced at max that they were "doubling down" on Flash as a gaming platform, but I think that's really just a last ditch effort to reposition it. In all reality, HTML5 has won this battle, which is interesting since it won't be able to live up to it's promise for awhile still. This also makes sense that it's happening in mobile first. I think that mobile browsers have the potential to move forward faster than desktop computing since mobile devices are generally replaced once every 24 months or so. Think of how many people you know who have 4 or 5 year old computers. Moms, dads, workplaces... Still using IE6? Maybe. Netscape? Maybe. Now how old are the phones that belong to those same people? Not 4 or 5 years old. Replace the device and you replace the entire OS and browser on the device too. I think we will see much faster adoption of HTML5 on devices than desktops. -Cameron On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/09/adobe-flash-mobile-dead > > Mobile Flash is being killed off. The plugin that launched a thousand > online forum arguments and a technology standoff between > Apple<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/apple> and > the format's creator, Adobe <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/adobe>, > will no longer be developed for mobile browsers, the company said in a note > that will accompany a financial briefing to analysts. > > Instead the company will focus on development around > HTML5<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/html5>technologies, > which enable modern browsers to do essentially the same functions as Flash > did but without relying on Adobe's proprietary technologies, and which can > be implemented across platforms. > It's all coming apart maaaan!!! It's going down maaaan!!! > oh nooeeess!! > *runs around with arms flailing in air* > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343968 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
