The Flash debate was a hot topic this week in WSJ, too.
I guess Apple would find a solution if Steve Jobs would
really want to find one. It is not a technology question, it is
about power, control and money (and egos).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704302304575214114101014460.html
-J.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Owen Densmore" <[email protected]>
To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group"
<[email protected]>; "SFx Discuss" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 8:27 PM
Subject: [FRIAM] Thoughts on Flash
Steve Jobs has published an open letter on the exclusion of Flash on all
their mobile products:
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/?AID=10480621
Although I see the Complex potentially benefiting from Flash (ambient
projects), I have come to agree with the difficulties Flash presents
after digging into the technology a bit more, see earlier post:
http://bit.ly/9EXYHA
Now here's a question I haven't answered yet: can a Flash video be viewed
without the rest of the Flash platform (which includes non- media
components)? I.e. could Flash video itself be standardized so that a
"simple player" could be made with a standard video codec and
html/css/javascript for the rest of the player?
This approach appears the only direction that would satisfy both Adobe
and Apple.
-- Owen
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