Close but thats not the whole truth. Most of the functions of flash plus better 3D rendering can now be achieved by HTML 5, so really flash is only being used now for legacy web site support. Most mobile devices don't support flash but they all support HTML 5. Adobe has even started changing their development suites to output HTML5 instead of flash whenever possible. There is really no point in developing new web apps in flash any more unless the programmer hasn't learned HTML 5 yet.
My point is expect flash to disappear entirely at some point in the next few years. Flash is now a lot of development work for Adobe and won't make them money for much longer. Linux is their smallest market for the flash player so it's the first to go but others wont be far behind. On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Konstantin Olchanski <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:32:33AM -0800, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: >> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=JZEFT > > > My reading of tea leaves is that going forward, the only flash for linux > will be the one packaged by google as part of the google-chrome web browser. > > > -- > Konstantin Olchanski > Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! > Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca > Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada
