[scottjl]

Originally Posted by rock

I like to address the first one. As I had this discussion not too long ago in a online web development course.

HTML5 is still a few years away. So why is he even bringing that up? I am glad he admits they basically do the same thing as adobe though, I will give him credit there, but you can't use HTML5 as your arguement if it isn't ready.

Have you been using technology long? How long did 802.11N stay in draft until accepted? Years. HTML5 is in use on hundreds of web sites today. Saying it isn't ready and to not use it is a joke.

2nd point:

Netflix uses silverlight, and they created an App specific to iPhone, but the Youtube app he talks about, the problem is YOU DO NOT GET ALL youtube videos. (I have an iPhone and some of my videos don't work). Adobe is right that, 75% of the web is flash. It is annoying when I try to go to a website and just get ? and not be able to browse the site on my phone.

Silverlight is no better, and no more open, than Flash is. It's just Microsoft's answer to Flash. We certainly don't want Apple creating yet another alternative. This is where all these plugins become chaos, a plugin for Flash, a plugin for Silverlight, a plugin for the-next-thing. We end up with browser instability (how many times has a plugin crashed your Firefox? IE? Operating system?) Plugins bring great flexibility, and great headaches.

Third reason

I am not buying it. I mean really not buying it. Also Adobe has shown flash running perfectly on the Droid, so that fails. The security thing, every website has security issues.

If it was running perfectly, then why isn't it released yet? Why have they pushed it back time and time again? Something isn't right yet.

This also isn't about website security issues, he's speaking about security issues on your desktop. Attack vectors through the Flash plugin running in your browser. Hackers taking over your system through Flash bugs, bugs that Adobe has a history of being very slow, over a year in some cases, to patch.

Fifth reason-


Again I am not buying that either since I since touch devices can handle it (again adobe has shown videos).

Yes, some sites work just fine, and some sites, those with roll-overs, don't. Take it from someone who has a touch-screen device, roll-over controls, those where you simply point your mouse cursor at something but do not click don't work. You can't hover your finger over a touch screen and have a cursor follow your finger. You have to touch the screen, which registers a press.

Simple solution, is to not code hover elements at all.

Sixth Reason-

Apple's stance to continue to put down third party developers. This is why a lot of people do not buy Mac's there is not many alternatives to Apple products.

huh? how does Apple put down 3rd party developers by not allowing them to use Adobe's development system over Apple's? Apple's protecting their interests, just as Adobe is trying to do.

Honestly I want an iPad, but I am not spending that ridiculous amount of money for one.

So the real reason you don't have an iPad is you don't want to pay for it.