Flash is dead. HTML5 will render it obsolete. Heck, you can even use youtube via html5 now and it's far superior.
www.youtube.com/html5 J On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Alex Eckelberry <[email protected]>wrote: > I agree with your points. > > > > I’m not an Apple guy (at all). > > > > But I’m dammed impressed with this Ipad. > > > > (Yeah, the Flash things sucks, but whatever, it’s what it is.) > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Joel Esler > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 02, 2010 11:24 AM > *To:* Dan Kaminsky > > *Cc:* <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [funsec] Apple has a new toy > > > > My point in saying that was that Windows 7, with touch controls is not a > touch OS. If you've tried to use Windows 7 with your finger, it's > essentially a mouse pointer under your finger. It's inelegant, > it's imprecise, and hard to use. Apple took the time to figure out how > people would use an OS that is touch, and they invented the iPhone and the > iPod touch and continually refine it. > > > > Make no bones about it, I'm an Apple guy, and apologist. I've used Windows > Vista and Windows 7 with touch enabled on a touch device, and it's not even > close to the experience that you get on an iPhone or any of the future Apple > devices that will be touch enabled (not just the iPad, but the Macbooks). > > > > A touch OS is different from a regular OS. A regular OS you navigate with > a keyboard and mouse, a touch OS you navigate with your finger, (or several > fingers). You can do things in a touch OS that you can't do in a regular OS > and Microsoft has not figured that out. yet. Even if you use natural > devices like ink (a pen based device to navigate your OS), it's still a > "mouse pointer". > > > > Not saying they won't. But they will. We are on the edge of OS > development. We are going away from the "folder" "file icon" type of OS and > computers that you navigate with your keyboard and mouse into a whole new > field of OSes and devices. > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Dan Kaminsky <[email protected]> wrote: > > What's the bright line? > > > > > On Feb 2, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Joel Esler <[email protected]> wrote: > > But Windows 7, despite what MSFT is trying to do, is not a touch OS. The > iPhone OS *is* a touch OS. > > > > J > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Dragos Ruiu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 28-Jan-10, at 3:06 PM, Hubbard, Dan wrote: > > The gOOglePAD will have flash support, but it most likely will be a fake > codec. > > > > The Nokia minilaptop, which I just finally saw/held a real version of, is > at about the > same price point as the iPad, runs Win7 and has a 3G connection but has > real kb. > They are in the same weight range and I would argue are competing for the > same > usage/market. > > cheers, > --dr > > > > > -- > World Security Pros. Cutting Edge Training, Tools, and Techniques > Vancouver, Canada March 22-26 http://cansecwest.com > Amsterdam, Netherlands June 16/17 http://eusecwest.com > pgpkey http://dragos.com/ kyxpgp > > > > > > > > -- > Joel Esler > > _______________________________________________ > > > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > > > > -- > Joel Esler > -- Joel Esler
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