I think his comment was that many Flash sites were not designed for touch screens, not that Flash itself is not designed for touch screens.
Even then it isn't really a fair comment since the vast majority of web experiences were not designed with touch screen interactivity in mind. ------------------------------ Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Developer [email protected] Delvinia 370 King Street West, 5th Floor, Box 4 Toronto Canada M5V 1J9 P (416) 364-1455 ext. 232 F (416) 364-9830 W www.delvinia.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: April 29, 2010 10:41 am To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] letter from Steve Jobs on Flash I think some of his comments about Flash not being "designed" for Touch devices have a ring of truth to them, for example, I develop for a touchscreen system and have written many custom components without rollovers. I can't really comment on battery life, web-video, etc. because I do all my browsing from a PC and only watch videos stuff that's plugged in. This morning, I found myself hacking cellrenderers and making special workarounds for Flash's list control in order to implement a list that scrolled when you swipe it. This is not multi-touch, just single touch, but still there is either a derth of components / tutorials / documentation for doing this sort of stuff. OTOH, I managed to develop my own list control in Flash for the Touchscreen in under 8 hours without having to learn another language. I guess I am one of the lucky people - I work on a "proprietary" touch-screen based system supplied to specific customers and don't have to bend to the whims of the iPhone generation / market forces as much as if I was developing websites and RIA's and one of the 50,000+ games in the App store. Can you call it a game if it is merely a graphic of a pint glass tipping beer? Glen On 29/04/2010 15:18, David Hunter wrote: > i know there has already been a lot of talk about flash and iphones/ipads and developer agreements on this list and i don't wish to add unnecessarily or stoke up the fire again but i thought this might be a worthwhile read for all from the man at the centre of it all:http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ > _________________________________________________________________ > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
