I agree
The announcement of the iPad has set off a huge Flash v. Apple the rest of the world debate.
I happen to think reasoned thought should take effect, hence I agree with the John Nack.
Flash is the closest thing we have to a consistent rich browser frame work. That is why I wrote Lifetick in Flex. I have thought about moving it to HTML only, but I don’t want to do it just yet.
Well, not until we have a richer html/javascript/css world – with a broad range of native gui controls (and which 99% of the world’s internet users have a compatible browser – no IE6, 7 or 8). Standards take time to create, to be agreed on and adopted by the masses.
However, my support of Flash has been tested, I have dropped my Flash blog, and you are now reading this in HTML. In my mind, Mac performance has never been more critical to the future of the Flash player.
btw, I find it laughable all those people who criticise Flash web ads… what do you think advertises will do if people all have flash blockers?They will make the exact same ads work in javascsript, which if written just as poorly as their flash versions, will screw up your browser just as bad, and you can’t separate that cpu thread out, or block an individual execution of javascript if it all goes bad or you want to block it. Think about it, those ads will not go away, even if Flash did.
My personal take on Flash on the iPad… Yes I would like to see it. Flash on the iPhone – I doubt it would work performance wise.
Nate said @ January 30th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
I feel like I just got fired from my company, but I don’t have an HR person to tell me. Do I switch and start to learn HTML5/canvas now after almost figuring out the whole Class AS3 thing?
Kashif Hameed said @ January 30th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Absolutely right! Agreed!
Marlon Richardson said @ April 3rd, 2010 at 8:51 am
Well Android does not seem to have any issues with flash on their OS. I think it could and should work on the iphone as well. I think that Apple is still a bit pissed a Flash for stealing the thunder of Quicktime so many years ago. Adobe and Apple could easily work together and solve the performance issue in my opinion.
Michael Benin said @ April 14th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Why don’t implement javascript browser detection and keep it in flash for cpu users and hmtl for iTards? You’ll see one day you will come back to flash. Mac audiences really are interested in what you have to say… BTW good luck selling your flash wordpress format. Your blog is not the same in html.