http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/2011/11/your-questions-about-flex.html
On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Guy Morton <g...@alchemy.com.au> wrote: > ** > > > I think the only thing you should draw from this announcement is that > Adobe has given up on trying to support flash as a browser plugin on > mobile devices. I think they have seen that a) performance is an issue they > may struggle to fix while maintaining compatibility and b) there is market > resistance to plugins on mobile platforms (see the Windows 8 Metro > "plugin-less" IE as the final domino to fall there). > > Flash is now in decline as a plugin technology. It will continue for a > good few years yet, but it is trending downwards. Because its life as a > plugin is drawing to an end, Adobe is seeking to reshape Flash as an > app-building tool. This makes perfect sense, and if they do it well, they > could manage to make an army of Flash/flex developers into app developers, > which is not all bad. > > Adobe has read the writing on the wall and is putting a lot of effort into > re-shaping themselves as the tool provider for HTML5. Certainly there is a > need for great tools in this area, so I hope they succeed in doing this. > > Also, you might note with interest their purchase of nitobi, who make > PhoneGap. > > Guy > > > On 13/11/2011, at 1:56 AM, e_val_soft wrote: > > > > I'd like to understand more about Adobe's latest annnouncement that they > will focus on HTML5 on mobile platforms(rather than Flash). > > Obviously a kick in the head for flex/air developers targetting > applications that need or want a mobile client because mobile platform > manufacturers will drop Flash (in a flash) from their product plans. > > I've seen some mixed messages - Adobe's version which is just a change in > focus while the industry reads it like a Flash obituary. Here are two > bullets from Adobe's announcement: > ------from Adobe.com------------ > > •Shifting resources to support even greater investment in HTML5, through > tools like Adobe® Dreamweaver, Adobe Edge and PhoneGap, recently added > through the acquisition of Nitobi > > •Focusing Flash resources on delivering the most advanced PC web > experiences, including gaming and premium video, as well as mobile apps > ---------------------------------- > I can almost see them sitting around the board room table debating whether > to stick that ", as well as mobile apps" on the end of bullet 2 just to > leave people like us (Flex developers I mean) confused. Pretend you're a > Samsung or Motorola executive planning the next release of your latest > mobile device. Do we spend $10 million and 40 developers integrating Flash? > > Since the vast majority of new, innovative applications involve > incorporation or embracing of mobile clients, Flash's ubiquity, which > is/was its greatest selling point, is gone. I mean when Jobs took a stand > to ban Flash from iOS - that was a phaser blast to the holodeck, but > this...this is a photon torpedo to the bridge. > > Am I reading this wrong, or should I be starting my new HTML5 career now? > I mean once flash is gone from mobile, it is gone as a general web > application framework so forget those desktop focused applications too, > except some specialized graphics oriented apps. > > I think of what I'm developing now on Flex and it would be years away from > possible with HTML5 but maybe I should be focusing on HTML5 plus one of the > better JavaScript frameworks? > > I'm really looking for some opinions here about what flex developers think > of the near term future based on this announcement. It'd be great to hear > some Adobe employee perspectives (probably on gag order) but anyone with > some insight, please do tell. I'd love to be told I'm exaggerating the > consequence of the announcement.... > > > > -- j:pn \\no comment
