sure has come a long way since it was known as DHTML http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/12/one-millionth-tower-documentary-elevates-the-art-of-html5/
Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > You can still do quite a bit with HTML and CSS, 5 or otherwise. Adobe's > Edge experiment even appears at it's core to be an attempt to rebuild > substantial parts of the Flash player using JS. Part of Adobe's marketing > push for Flex included promoting the idea that HTML simply doesn't do what > Flex does. In a few cases this may be true, but I would invite you to > seriously look at the insane awesome things some people are doing with > HTML/CSS/JS out there. > > Also - I think adoption of HTML5 is going to continue to accelerate faster > than historical browser tech has, especially on mobile. People tend to > replace their phones every 18-24 months, even if they do not update their > desktop browser. This means mobile's going to rapidly start leading > broadly in browser capabilities, ahead of desktops. The mobile arms race > between Apple and Google will also drive this to happen faster. > > Titanium is one platform that runs HTML on both mobile and the desktop. > Realistically, it's already delivering what Flex Mobile has been trying to > deliver for a number of years. And Titanium does it using HTML. > > As for the rest of the Flash Player questions, I think they wil continue > to develop the desktop Flash Player till it's market share dwindles to > nothing... > > -Cameron > > > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Laurence MacNeill < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Ok, so maybe HTML5 is the *future* of mobile & desktop apps, but what >> about *right now*? I guess we continue working with Flex and Flash >> Builder? Because HTML5 damn sure ain't ready for prime-time yet. Seems like >> Adobe is committed enough to Flex that they'll be releasing Flash Builder >> 4.6 in a month. And we should be good with that for at least another year, >> or perhaps two, right? >> >> And none of this answers the Flash Player question... Are they gonna quit >> developing new versions of the Flash player eventually? Damn, I wish they'd >> been more thorough in their blog-post... Too many unanswered questions... >> >> >> -- > Cameron Childress > -- > p: 678.637.5072 > im: cameroncf > facebook <http://www.facebook.com/cameroncf> | > twitter<http://twitter.com/cameronc> | > google+ <https://profiles.google.com/u/0/117829379451708140985> > > >
