“Adobe’s announcement this week that it was stopping further development of its Flash player for mobile devices could create more winners than losers in the cybersphere, according to several experts interviewed by MacNewsWorld,” John P. Mello Jr. reports for MacNewsWorld.
“One beneficiary of Adobe’s decision, which appears to have vindicated Apple’s dogged stance not to support Flash on its mobile devices, will be the latest version of the language for creating Web pages, HTML 5, according to Geoff Blair, studio director for Lost Decade Games,” Mello Jr. reports. “‘It’s a great thing for HTML 5 development,’ the game developer told MacNewsWorld.”
Mello Jr. reports, “Developers, in general, will be big winners from Adobe’s decision, added Jeremy Chone, the principle in N2N-Apps, a software consulting firm focusing on Web, mobile and tablet apps. ‘They are going to be less confused about what technology to use,’ he told MacNewsWorld.”
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Rejoice, rejoice, the flash is dead!
No Doubt!
♫ *DING*DONG* the bitch is dead! ♪
The demise of mobile Flash is not just a win for Apple / iOS users; it’s a win for EVERYONE, regardless of their choice of mobile platform.
Apple won vindication.
Apple didn’t “win” shit, dumbass! Apple accelerated the demise of an antiquated technology. The tech industry at large “won”!
No, consumers are the true winners. This will significantly hasten the change from Flash to HTML5, meaning that there will be far fewer websites that don’t work in iOS devices.
Hopefully no one figures out to put ads on videos/photos.
Really? Apple doesn’t look better now with Android dripping with egg on its face?
From what Steve said, Apple wanted to have Flash on iOS, but the user experience was bad. Of course, if the experience was good, we probably wouldn’t be having this discussion.
I think we’re seeing a somewhat muted reaction to this from the open-source crowd, because they’re probably feeling a bit sheepish that their villain, That Evil Apple, was the one who pushed the hardest for HTML5 to win. Google’s still in bed with Adobe regarding Flash, and nobody else with real clout stepped up to the plate to support Apple’s exclusive HTML5 push for mobile internet.
Expect revisionist history from open-source historians, where they’ll attempt to downplay Apple’s crucial and pivotal role in making sure open standards won this battle.
I have never understood the bad attitude of Open Source fanatics toward Apple. Whenever I point out to them that Apple is involved with over 300 Open Source projects they jaws hit the floor. Many of them were CREATED by Apple. They are all listed on Apple’s website. You just gotta look!
Now explain to me why certain Open Source types applaud Microsoft! WTF for?! Pull your head out kiddies.
Apple was not trying to win. They just did not want the crap called flash on their mobile IOS. Apple looks to use the best technology available. Adobe knew flash was crap. They let it get that way with the spaghetti code implemented to support windows. They got caught with their pants down and they are embarrassed because apple told Abobe that flash was not ready for mobile devises. Apple just made Adobe enter the next century of mobile computing. They should thank Apple, Inc for a brighter future. They also need to rewrite Photoshop or lose the business to a younger more progressive company in the next 5 years. The company might be Apple.
Apple is a younger company????
Adobe should thank Apple for a new lease of life. Now it has been relieved of a deadweight of Flash, they can move forward and be innovative again. I think Apple should buy Adobe since its stock price has tanked recently.
Adobe is a goldmine of talent and experience but because of its association with Windows over Apple, its leadership had succumbed to the master-concubine relationship which had created havoc to innovation in once-upon-a-time great companies like HP and Sony. It would be good if the Apple-Adobe corroboration would result in another industry changing category like the desktop publishing once did.
Where are all those stupid dumbass FLASH supporters now?
Having an emergency meeting with the Three Stooges of the iHaters Club. Trying to figure out what can they use to slam Apple and iOS because they are out of options. hehe
exactly
They’re on the Guardian technology blog.
The biggest winners will be non-iOS users of Mobil systems that were supposed to be Flash compatible – but actually choke on Flash!
This chap has an unerring eye for the actual, a fantastic grasp of the obvious. Can’t believe it received air/wire time.
Duh!
Unsurprisingly RIM will continue development of Flash on their Blackberry devices. Obviously, they are marching to the beat of a different drummer.
Since when does RIM know anything about animation and interactive multimedia? I would be shocked if they manage to pull off one Flash update in house before calling it quits.
Adobe Flash survives Steves Jobs.
Barely.
Next up for the axe: Silverlight (Good Riddance!).
Oddly, I’m not annoyed with Silverlight. I like it! That’s scary, because I LOATHE Microsoft.
How many attempts at decent video software did it take Microsoft? Five?! Anyone remember NetShow? (Sorry to make you gag!) Anyone remember how brilliantly Steve Jobs managed to screw over Bill Gates and Microsoft for blatantly stealing and refusing to return QuickTime code? There’s a classic case of bad biznizz, Microsoft at its absolute worst. (And oh the laughter generated when dimwits mythically spew that Microsoft was doing Apple a favor! HAHAHAHAHAHA!)
And yet Silverlight actually works, is cross platform and has remarkably little associated Microsoft suffering induction. I would in fact never know Microsoft wrote the code if no one told me. Imagine that. Rather shocking actually! 😉
My POV:
This wasn’t a battle of Apple vs Flash. This was Apple being the one company that pointed out that Flash = FAIL. It’s called perception and insight. The death of Flash was inevitable. Apple simply took the lead in pointing out the problems, which got everyone’s attention a lot sooner than otherwise, generating its demise sooner than otherwise. Thank you Apple!
AND let’s get this straight: This move to no longer support mobile Flash indicates the step that will follow: The Death of All Flash. That is clearly on the horizon. There is no point in only having flash for non-mobile devices. The entire Flash world is now collapsing. It is a swiftly dying species. And good riddance! 🙂
Now I understand the SJ RDF. Inside was actual reality, outside of the RDF was M$ pseudo reality or journalist imaginary reality. Thus, the protestation from M$, Adobe, and the press, that they indeed were wearing the miraculous (but not visible) clothes.
Sounds like the asylum in Douglas Adams’ Goodbye and Thanks For All the Fish.