> >> Without flash, web wouldn't be what it is today. Imagine a world without >> cats videos on youTube ?!) > > YouTube has never *needed* Flash, the videos are just MPEG4 wrapped as > a Flash object (hence why you can watch them using the iPhone YouTube > app). My download manager uses the "Share" link to download the raw > MPEG file. Once HTML5 becomes ubiquitous, YouTube can ditch Flash > altogether.
Flaming debate... Even Google stay with flash on YouTube. The reason is simple: it is more than player. > > If MS and Apple had gotten their act together sooner, there would have > been no market for Flash at all. But that's a whole new thread. ;-) But they didn't. Flash video players are far more evolve than any other one. And Dvix Web player or any other don't come with half of what you can do with it. Main reason they didn't stay long. And it's still the case. Don't get me wrong, I'm the first being sad of that (being an alternative OS user from 2k3 to 2k9 (see BeOS or HaikuOS). But that's the true story. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en.
