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Yoshi, read this carefully: "some cannot see the forest for the trees."
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I'm giving up. You refuse to understand that Mobile Safari is nothing like IE6. This thread is about the arguments made in the article linked to in the first post, nothing else. The importance (or lack thereof) of Flash is a completely different matter, discussed like a thousand times before.
No problem using CSS
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true cross platform support for audio and video (including cue, dynamic tracks, etc.)
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What's wrong with HTML5's video and audio tags and HTTP streaming?
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video camera and microphone capture
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We'll see.
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Local filesystem read/write
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My filesystem is nobody's business. Let alone that this is platform-specific.
Don't know what you mean, XHTML
is XML. Sure, Microsoft is still jamming support for it, but still, the technology is here.
Flash crashes, all apps crash. Don't understand your point. Besides, some browsers start a new process for each tab (Chrome, maybe Safari?), ensuring stability for every opened webapp.
Νot sure if this is possible via AJAX.
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Look, I am not bashing HTML5. HTML5 is a good thing. I am excited about it, and can't wait for it to be adopted.
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HTML5 can replace most of Flash's features, especially those that are actually used by developers. Enough to let go of this proprietary plugin IMO.
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Not supporting it on the iPad is a major mistake, IMO. It's a decision driven by the same reasons Apple TV cannot access Netflix or Hulu, and it will hurt an otherwise very good product.
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Hulu cannot be accessed from the PS3's browser either. Not because of a missing plugin but because Hulu itself blocks access from the PS3's browser. So I don't know if Hulu on the Apple TV would be possible anyway (in terms of politics, obviously). Regarding Netflix, at least in the console market Microsoft has en exclusive deal with them. But anyway, they are competing stores, why would Apple include Netflix on Apple TV in the first place? This is like Dell offering Sony products in its online store, it wouldn't make sense.
Eventually, fighting Flash really is all about access to the web and performance. Accessing Flash content means using (renting in a way) Adobe's rendering engine (i.e. Flash Player) and that can't be acceptable. The web was once invented as a free and open network to share information, we must not let ourselves become dependent on a single commercially oriented company. Also, Flash content has a huge impact on performance and is less barrier-free than pure HTML (regarding display on lower-resolution mobile devices for example).
The iPad is a guidepost into the future of mobile computing, it's only consequent to waive Flash.