Bye, bye mobile Flash, Adobe gives it the axe

[Mopetar]

And RIM says it'll keep Flash current, holy crap, do they put LSD in the water up there?


http://allthingsd.com/20111109/so-now-what-will-ipad-rivals-say-in-their-commercials/

Doubtful, as LSD might actually inspire some creativity out of Adobe. Then again I wouldn't want to blame their developers from wanting to escape reality.

 

[akugami]

My issue with Flash was always that it was a performance hog and buggy. I have it on my main rig but there was no way in hell I was installing that on a mobile platform where battery life is at a premium.

I also feel Flash has been overdone and some sites use Flash just to use it. It's not used for any real purpose except that they can. I prefer Firefox and always install Flashblock as a result.

I also feel that mobile phones (not necessarily tablets) was the wrong market for Flash. For such a small device with screens that usually runs in the 3.5 to 4.5 inch range, a dedicated app was probably the better approach. And from a safety standpoint, it is more secure to use a dedicated app to access stuff like your bank account. More secure does not mean it's entirely secure but it's a hell of a lot safer than going on the web. Yes, this is the Apple walled garden approach. There are times for full control and power but the phone is not it.

 

[MrX8503]

Websites are being developed in HTML5 anyway, so abandoning flash makes sense to me. Eventually when all browsers are up to standard you won't need a flash plugin. HTML5 will perform better too to boot. Flash for video (main purpose on a mobile device) is overkill anyway. HTML5 does video just fine and is better at it.

 

[Bateluer]

Has this thread mentioned that Microsoft also killed Silverlight yesterday too? After the release of Silverlight 5, thats all she wrote. Wonder if that means Netflix will convert to HTML5 or another standard, possibly something that will work in Linux?

 

[alent1234]

is there a secure html5 method to stream video?

 

[MrX8503]

Has this thread mentioned that Microsoft also killed Silverlight yesterday too? After the release of Silverlight 5, thats all she wrote. Wonder if that means Netflix will convert to HTML5 or another standard, possibly something that will work in Linux?

Yeah, totally forgot about Silverlight. I just read about that too, not sure why they decided on that. Netflix was their biggest supporter, not sure where they'll go now.