some updates...might calm some fears, raise others, or just carry on :) http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/2011/11/your-questions-about-flex.html
Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Douglas Knudsen <[email protected]>wrote: > 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> >> >> >> >
