Hi John, Thanks Carlo, for a very good post. I don’t think there is really anything more to add, you have covered this subject.
Perhaps I can just add this ;-) "The W3C expects official completion of the HTML5 set of standards in 2014.” <http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2011/06/html5-and-what-it-means-for-the-mobile-industry/> Cheers, Ronni On 09/06/2011, at 10:29 AM, cm wrote: > 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]>
