Re: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart phones

2009-10-06 Thread Phil Whitehouse
In case you're interested, I'm organising a free event where javascript legend Jeremy Ruston is giving a talk on HTML5 and the slow death of Flash. Plenty of time for QA afterwards! Details here: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4516026/ Cheers, Phil On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:42 PM, cisnky

RE: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart phones

2009-10-06 Thread Anthony McKale
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart phones In case you're interested, I'm organising a free event where javascript legend Jeremy Ruston is giving a talk on HTML5 and the slow death of Flash. Plenty of time for QA afterwards

Re: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart phones

2009-10-06 Thread Brian Butterworth
*To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk *Subject:* Re: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart phones In case you're interested, I'm organising a free event where javascript legend Jeremy Ruston is giving a talk on HTML5 and the slow death of Flash. Plenty of time for QA afterwards! Details here

Re: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart phones

2009-10-06 Thread Stephen Jolly
On 6 Oct 2009, at 11:34, Brian Butterworth wrote: There was always the luck for Macromedia (now Adobe) that when they launched Flash there was no competitor. Even Microsoft used Flash 2 on the old Microsoft Network. When I first heard that Macromedia were going to add a video player to

RE: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart phones

2009-10-06 Thread Anthony McKale
big reason for the success of Flash was Adobe's reputation for providing great tools for designers. Adobe hates designers, now Marcomedia that was a company that loved designers Flex == the evil Flash == the great, if under supported these days Flex SDK + Elicipse + Flash == the best :) Zap

RE: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart phones

2009-10-06 Thread John O'Donovan
/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/ -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Stephen Jolly Sent: 06 October 2009 12:14 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart

[backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart phones

2009-10-05 Thread Dan Brickley
Great news, phone fans! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8287239.stm One of the most common technologies for watching video on a computer will soon be available for most smartphones. Flash software is used to deliver around 75% of online video and is the key technology that underpins

Re: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart phones

2009-10-05 Thread Zen
Hopefully. HTML5 will kill off flash once and for all. Some hope! On 5 Oct 2009, at 14:19, Dan Brickley wrote: Great news, phone fans! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8287239.stm One of the most common technologies for watching video on a computer will soon be available for most

Re: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart phones

2009-10-05 Thread cisnky
Mate, Dream on about HTML 5 killing off Flash. HTML5 is a standards time bomb waiting to go off. 2009/10/5 Zen zen16...@zen.co.uk Hopefully. HTML5 will kill off flash once and for all. Some hope! On 5 Oct 2009, at 14:19, Dan Brickley wrote: Great news, phone fans!

Re: [backstage] BBC NEWS | Technology | Flash moves on to smart phones

2009-10-05 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Cisnky, Could you kindly elaborate? Adobe's recent aquisition makes me wonder if they are really behind Flash for the long term; that and the lack of engineering quality they put into it recently. I suspect HTML5 is going to pancake it, because there is a lot more money behind it than Adobe