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scottjl · 05-08-2010, 09:52 PM

hmm. a million and growing people don't seem mind the lack of flash on the ipad. by the time those android 2.2 devices are out that number is going to be a lot larger. not counting all the iphones and ipod touches already out there. numbers companies aren't going to want to alienate. cbs just announced they are converting all their content to be iphone/ipad friendly, which coincidentally will make it android and other platform friendly too. win for everyone, except adobe.

adobe's going to have to start convincing people why they shouldn't ditch flash, not that it will support apple, but it will simply support all platforms. look at it this way. i'm developing a new web site or revamping an existing web site. i can 1. use flash and cause usage issues on systems without flash, or 2. don't use flash and it will pretty much run anywhere. where do you think smart people are going to go?

05-08-2010, 09:52 PM	#101
scottjl Reader of Books Posts: 1,632 Karma: 2697 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	hmm. a million and growing people don't seem mind the lack of flash on the ipad. by the time those android 2.2 devices are out that number is going to be a lot larger. not counting all the iphones and ipod touches already out there. numbers companies aren't going to want to alienate. cbs just announced they are converting all their content to be iphone/ipad friendly, which coincidentally will make it android and other platform friendly too. win for everyone, except adobe. adobe's going to have to start convincing people why they shouldn't ditch flash, not that it will support apple, but it will simply support all platforms. look at it this way. i'm developing a new web site or revamping an existing web site. i can 1. use flash and cause usage issues on systems without flash, or 2. don't use flash and it will pretty much run anywhere. where do you think smart people are going to go? Last edited by scottjl; 05-08-2010 at 09:55 PM.