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Originally Posted by kilron
seriously, do you work for adobe?
yes, HTML5 is a standard. that bold stuff there doesn't say anything about it not being a standard. it may be still in draft form, but its widely implemented and accepted already...."
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HTML5's acceptance is at best half of the acceptance of Flash, and I am being generous. Moreover, HTML5 implementations are currently few and far between, particularly if you ignore (the proprietary) H.264, which is fully supported by Flash nowadays.
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Originally Posted by kilron
... and yes, i've seen many flash interfaces, my own website for one, that don't translate well. no articles are going to change that. if i have to radically change the implementation to support a touch interface, then why even bother with flash?
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Because Flash, like most other technology, changes. And because you have a tremendous installed base, and because there is a large developer community, and because it is widely supported across platforms.
No, I do not work for Adobe. While I like what Flash provides in terms of user experience, I also think HTML5 is a good thing.
I just don't see it as an zero-sum game, and believe that Flash will be around and it will coexists with HTML5 for the foreseeable future.
I also like the idea of the iPad and since I don't see anything else right now which comes close to it, I am fuming that it doesn't support Flash. (I was just as p***ed at Jobs for the decisions he made for the Apple TV, so I returned mine and now I am still stuck with a HTPC running W7 MCE, which is O.K., but....)