Adobe kills mobile Flash, giving Steve Jobs the last laugh

[scooterscot]

Finally. "Focus in future will be on HTML5 as mobile world shifts towards non-proprietary open standards – and now questions will linger over use of Flash on desktop"

RIP Flash? I think so. IMO it is only delivered two things, annoying adverts and a drain on batteries. It had the potential to be so much more.

[russell]

Finally. "Focus in future will be on HTML5 as mobile world shifts towards non-proprietary open standards – and now questions will linger over use of Flash on desktop"

RIP Flash? I think so. IMO it is only delivered two things, annoying adverts and a drain on batteries. It had the potential to be so much more.

Good news, ever tried to look at porn on an iPad?

[d000hg]

Flash delivers SO much more than that, but is not as widely used for them. Many online games use it and (AFAIK) HTML5 doesn't offer a replacement for all that stuff yet. WebGL is stalled, meanwhile Flash11 has accelerated 3D graphics.

[darmstadt]

Good news, ever tried to look at porn on an iPad?

Its pretty good on my Android, even in cubicle 2...

[NickFitz]

Flash delivers SO much more than that, but is not as widely used for them. Many online games use it and (AFAIK) HTML5 doesn't offer a replacement for all that stuff yet. WebGL is stalled, meanwhile Flash11 has accelerated 3D graphics.

You should tell Adobe. They obviously haven't thought this through. Or maybe - and this is just a guess - when Adobe decided to pack in Flash on mobile in favour of HTML5, it was because they'd had a good look at the situation and decided that it made more sense than carrying on with a product that didn't work and was never going to.

[Freamon]

Finally. "Focus in future will be on HTML5 as mobile world shifts towards non-proprietary open standards – and now questions will linger over use of Flash on desktop"

I don't think Steve Jobs was worried about promoting "open standards" when he decided not to support Flash on iOS. In fact I think the opposite is true.

RIP Flash? I think so. IMO it is only delivered two things, annoying adverts and a drain on batteries. It had the potential to be so much more.

Youtube?

[TimberWolf]

I never became interested in Flash because it was so closed.

Tried HTML5 Canvas the other Moon and it seemed okay (if currently limited); wrote a non-hardware-accelerated 3D simulation. It ran on all my desktop browsers: Firefox, Chrome and IE, but my more complex sims didn't run on the iPod Touch. Runs much faster under Chrome.

[Spacecadet]

Flash delivers SO much more than that, but is not as widely used for them. Many online games use it and (AFAIK) HTML5 doesn't offer a replacement for all that stuff yet. WebGL is stalled, meanwhile Flash11 has accelerated 3D graphics.

You should tell Adobe. They obviously haven't thought this through. Or maybe - and this is just a guess - when Adobe decided to pack in Flash on mobile in favour of HTML5, it was because they'd had a good look at the situation and decided that it made more sense than carrying on with a product that didn't work and was never going to.

I think the key here is that flash is only being killed off for mobile media.
Flash on desktop browsers will continue

[Pondlife]

Numpty question (shocker)

If iphone/ipads don't support flash, how does the youtube app work on my shinything?

[TimberWolf]

Numpty question (shocker)

If iphone/ipads don't support flash, how does the youtube app work on my shinything?

Perhaps because Flash is just a wrapper, with the video encoded using open video formats (MPEG, etc)?