Adrocknaphobia wrote:
> Flashpaper is here to stay. The simple reason... mobile. PDF is not
> fit for mobile deployment. Flashpaper will help solidify Adobe's web
> document manifesto.
>
>>From the FAQ.
>
> 'Do you expect to integrate the FlashPlayer and the Adobe Reader? The
> complementary functionality of FlashPlayer and Adobe Reader will
> enable the deployment of a more robust cross-media, rich-client
> technology platform. The combined company will continue to be
> committed to the needs of both the FlashPlayer and Adobe Reader
> users.'
Which can be read... "Flash: hmmm... quite cool! We'll have some of
that. Quite happy with PDF now, even if the reader's a bloated hog.
FlashPaper? That's quite up in the air. Quite a bit like PDF though..."
Notice that not once in the FAQ was FlashPaper mentioned. Therefore
one can read it as neither an endorsement or otherwise of FlashPaper.
My thinking is that Adobe won't see the point in supporting two
all-too-similar products, much as I expect that Freehand will give
way to Illustrator (which I'll regret as I quite like Freehand),
Fireworks to give way to Photoshop/Imageready, and GoLive to give way
to Dreamweaver. I think Flash itself is quite safe, as is CF, but
I've great doubts about FlashPaper.
PDF is perfectly capable of being used in a mobile environment, it's
Reader that's the problem. It's an error to confuse the file format
with the software. If Adobe want a version of Reader that will work
ok on small machines, they'll do it. However, I think they'll
concentrate on one file format rather than two[1].
K.
[1] This is your chance to make a "but what about PostScript" comment.
;-)
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