Nobody ever argued that HTML5 is NOT the future of the web, but it's been a long road and we're still not here yet. And given Steve departure from his original WWDC 2007 attitude towards 3'rd part apps on the iPhone (Ajax based exclusively), I think it's fair to conclude that not even him, can truly predict the future.
This whole debate revolves around the question whether a political agenda or personal preference should be allowed to shuehorn users. Yesterday it's just the iPhone, today it's the iPad, tomorrow the iMac. And then there's the collateral damage, i.e. the no man's land that the MonoTouch stack now appears to be in. As to the Microsoft opinion you reference, they aren't exactly a neutral part in the RIA game. They are aggressively pushing their own competitor in the form of Silverlight, which is now even slated to become the primary interface on Windows Mobile 7. So they likely have a vested interest in Flash dying as well. /Casper On Apr 30, 11:42 am, Karsten Silz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 29, 6:22 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > However, Steve is not wrong. HTML5, CSS, and JS are 'open' and flash > > isn't, no matter what adobe says. > > Time for Casper to make another up another Star Wars story (or maybe a > LOTR one?): The General Manager for Internet Explorer, Dean > Hachamovitch, agrees with Jobs that HTML 5 is the future of the web, > not Flash, and that H.264 is the best video codec - and the only one > supported by IE 9. Money quote: "Flash does have some issues, > particularly around reliability, security, and performance" Well, at > least he conceded that Flash is "an important part of delivering a > good consumer experience on today’s > web".http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/30/microsoft-weighs-in-the-future-of-... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
