Hi John, HTML5 is certainly the way of the future. Ronni may know of more examples but just to give you a few that I have heard of:
* Windows 8 will use HTML5 to bring apps to the Microsoft tablet format (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/06/01/microsoft_demonstrates_windows_8_with_html5_apps.html) * Google now provides all youtube videos in both flash and HTML5 -- though I personally am a bit suspicious of Google who may pull the feature if they thought it would give them a competitive advantage over Apple (Google fights Flash, adds HTML5 support for YouTube videos in Safar)i * Adobe now has a tool to convert Flash to HTML5 (http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/03/flash-to-html5-conversion-tool-on-adobe-labs.html) Some other links from AppleInsider -- even the pornographers know that Flash is on its way out :-) Scribd "scrapping Flash and betting the company on HTML5" Head of Microsoft's Internet Explorer says HTML5 is the 'future' More than half of online videos are now in iOS-friendly HTML5 (H.264) Pornographers next to dump Flash for HTML5 Vimeo launches Flash-free Universal Player for iPhone, iPad Cheers, Carlo On 2011-06-09, at 07:27, John Thompson wrote: > > Hi Ronni, > Is there any progress in the arrival of HTML5 Video as a replacement > for Flash? > On 08/06/2011, at 11:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> Hi Laura, >> >> On 08/06/2011, at 9:18 AM, Laura Webb wrote: >> >>> >>> Good morning all >>> >>> Two questions here. >>> >>> Firstly, is there any way around the lack of Flash on the iPad? I use an on >>> line language course that requires Flash and get very frustrated that I >>> can't use the same programme on the iPad. >> >> The iPad does not and ‘most’ probably never will support Flash. >> The iPad supports HTML5 Video. >> >> >> There are a few 'work arounds’, but they all have serious limitations. >> When you buy an iPad, you implicitly accept that you'll never be able to >> play Flash, Apple never made a secret of this. >> >> You can try Skyfire ... some like it most don't. >> >> <http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/11/skyfire-ios-app/> >> >> <http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/28/ipad-brightcove-videos-html5/> >> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >> >> OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >> >> >> >>> Secondly, a couple of months someone on the List asked me to report back on >>> my experiences using iPad in France. I thought I had carefully put a >>> reminder in iCal to deal with this on my return. Not sure what happened but >>> the reminder is no longer there and I'm now not sure who was asking the >>> question. Was it Brett? If the person concerned would like to contact me >>> off list I can go into more detail. >>> >>> Put simply there is no problem at all in buying a French Micro SIM for the >>> iPad. I bought mine from an Orange Store at the same time as I purchased a >>> french SIM for my mobile phone. Depending on where someone is staying, the >>> French SIM for the iPad is not all that necessary. There are many hot spots >>> at cafés and the few hotels I stayed at all had free WiFi. I was based in >>> one town for three weeks and the accommodation I had came with wireless >>> access. My reason for buying the French micro SIM was to give me complete >>> independence for internet connection. I'm assured that the iPad SIM card >>> will remain valid for six months which should cover my next visit in >>> September. That remains to be seen!! >>> >>> I have always taken my MacBook with me when travelling but this time having >>> my iPad with me was sheer joy and reminded me of comments made by Susan >>> some time ago when she too had experienced the pleasure of travelling >>> overseas with her iPad, >>> >>> Best wishes >>> Laura >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
