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ZDNet: Flash is dead. Long live HTML5
ZD Net ^ | November 9, 2011 | Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Posted on 11/09/2011 11:52:53 AM PST by BreitbartSentMe

Summary: It’s official, Adobe is putting its future mobile video efforts behind HTML5. So, do you really think that desktop Flash will survive for long?

Adobe’s love affair with its Flash format has come to an end. Oh sure, Adobe said they were just killing development on mobile browser Flash in favor of HTML5, but seriously, do you think, that they’ll keep working on Flash on the desktop for much longer? If you do, I have a nice, lightly-used bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to sell you. No, the end of Flash is in sight and HTML5 is now the one true future for Internet video.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adobe; apple; flash
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Hmm, Steve Jobs - Flash Killer?
1 posted on 11/09/2011 11:52:56 AM PST by BreitbartSentMe
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To: Swordmaker

Apple-List ping!


2 posted on 11/09/2011 11:54:24 AM PST by BreitbartSentMe (ATLAS SHRUGGED was supposed to be a warning, NOT a newspaper.)
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To: Bush_Democrat

The Flash is dead?????...Dang, now I won't go see the movie........

3 posted on 11/09/2011 11:55:52 AM PST by Red Badger (Obama's number one economics advisor must be a Magic Eight Ball.................)
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To: Bush_Democrat

Not Jobs, just reality. Flash has been a no good POS for a long time, the main reason it stuck around so long was lack of competition. Then came HTML5 and Silverlight, one of them was bound to beat Flash. When you have a platform that only gets used because of the lack of competition the second competition shows up your clock is ticking. I won’t miss Flash crashes.


4 posted on 11/09/2011 11:56:39 AM PST by discostu (How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today)
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To: Bush_Democrat

Flash was always buggy, came with security vulnerabilities and wasn’t seamless with HTML. The new standard will make playing videos effortless on the Internet.


5 posted on 11/09/2011 11:58:40 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Bush_Democrat

flash never worked well on windows 7.


6 posted on 11/09/2011 11:58:55 AM PST by ken21
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To: Bush_Democrat

While a lot of the attention is understandably on Flash versus HTML5, and HTML5 video, HTML5 is going to end up killing a lot of technologies. One small example is web sockets (currently not well supported, due to security problems), which will ultimately render Ajax unnecessary.


7 posted on 11/09/2011 12:02:09 PM PST by jjsheridan5
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To: Bush_Democrat
Cool.

What will be using next week?

8 posted on 11/09/2011 12:03:29 PM PST by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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Hmm, Steve Jobs - Flash Killer?

Silverlight killer as well.

9 posted on 11/09/2011 12:03:36 PM PST by dfwgator (I stand with Herman Cain.)
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To: Bush_Democrat

Time killed flash, and it killed DOS too.
Things become obsolete.

Jobs prematurely jumped on HTML5 and left the people who purchace Apple mobile products without cutesy little games or much of the internet video content for four, maybe five device design cycles.


10 posted on 11/09/2011 12:04:11 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Bush_Democrat

Flash has been dead for a while now... it just hasn’t stopped sucking the life out of CPUs yet.


11 posted on 11/09/2011 12:04:41 PM PST by kevkrom (This space for rent.)
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Adobe has thrown in the towel on FLASH? Throws support to HTML5...—PING!


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12 posted on 11/09/2011 12:10:14 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone.)
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To: Bush_Democrat

Works for me as I’m sick and tired of getting Flash error messages on Firefox


13 posted on 11/09/2011 12:11:24 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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14 posted on 11/09/2011 12:16:23 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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15 posted on 11/09/2011 12:17:17 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Bush_Democrat

Can anyone explain how HTML5 can escape intellectual property claims? There are many patents about digital animation and video. Android is under a barrage of lawsuits. How can HTML5 escape IP claims?


16 posted on 11/09/2011 12:20:28 PM PST by businessprofessor
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To: Bush_Democrat

Dang! All those annoying updates for this?


17 posted on 11/09/2011 12:21:04 PM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Switch to Google Chrome. I did 3 weeks ago and it also gets rid of the memory hog aspects of Firefox also.


18 posted on 11/09/2011 12:21:04 PM PST by packrat35 (America is rapidly becoming a police state that East Germany could be proud of!)
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19 posted on 11/09/2011 12:59:28 PM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: Bush_Democrat

So, does this mean that things that couldn’t be seen or run on iPhones, iPads, etc. be seen and run now?


20 posted on 11/09/2011 1:09:29 PM PST by NCC-1701 (In Memphis on January 20, 2009, pump price were $1.49. We all know what happened after that.)
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