Flash and iPhone/Pad/Pod
Steve Jobs posted some "thoughts" on Apple's website regarding their lack of support for Flash on the touch devices...
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
It's well-written and very thorough. I know some folks think Apple is being hypocritical for pushing "open" standards while having a proprietary operating system and app store, but I see a distinction there.
I especially like his close. Adobe got pwned!
Flash was created during the PC era - for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful business for Adobe, and we can understand why they want to push it beyond PCs. But the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards - all areas where Flash falls short.
(...) New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too). Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.
Ouch!
Adobe responded via an interview with their CEO, but it's nowhere near as cogent a rebuttal:
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/04/29/live-blogging-the-journals-interview-with-adobe-ceo/
And let's face it, Flash is closed. People might be able to develop using the tools all they want and publish to anywhere, but they have to buy those tools from Adobe and the standards are dictated by Adobe alone, NOT standards bodies like those in charge of HTML5, CSS, etc. The catfight between the companies is on a couple different levels: Development tools and media viewing.
On development tools, Apple is perfectly within its rights to want to disintermediate Adobe from the app creation and publication process.
On media viewing, Apple has made a great technical case for why they don't let Flash run.
Any ideas what this was referring to?
"We know from painful experience that letting a third party layer of software come between the platform and the developer ultimately results in sub-standard apps and hinders the enhancement and progress of the platform." ???
My guess is Java vs Microsoft's "enhancement" / "version" of it.
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
It's well-written and very thorough. I know some folks think Apple is being hypocritical for pushing "open" standards while having a proprietary operating system and app store, but I see a distinction there.
I especially like his close. Adobe got pwned!
Flash was created during the PC era - for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful business for Adobe, and we can understand why they want to push it beyond PCs. But the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards - all areas where Flash falls short.
(...) New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too). Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.
Ouch!
Adobe responded via an interview with their CEO, but it's nowhere near as cogent a rebuttal:
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/04/29/live-blogging-the-journals-interview-with-adobe-ceo/
And let's face it, Flash is closed. People might be able to develop using the tools all they want and publish to anywhere, but they have to buy those tools from Adobe and the standards are dictated by Adobe alone, NOT standards bodies like those in charge of HTML5, CSS, etc. The catfight between the companies is on a couple different levels: Development tools and media viewing.
On development tools, Apple is perfectly within its rights to want to disintermediate Adobe from the app creation and publication process.
On media viewing, Apple has made a great technical case for why they don't let Flash run.
Any ideas what this was referring to?
"We know from painful experience that letting a third party layer of software come between the platform and the developer ultimately results in sub-standard apps and hinders the enhancement and progress of the platform." ???
My guess is Java vs Microsoft's "enhancement" / "version" of it.