I personally think that flash is a great way to make web games... it has a huge market penetration and looks like javascript...
:-) On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Chipp Walters <ch...@altuit.com> wrote: > Sorry to spoil the celebration, but Flash still has a strong role to play > on the Internet, albeit not with iOS. Google has graciously given Apple a > huge head start in the tablet wars, but to call them 'over' would be as > silly as saying Flash is dead. I seem to recall reading recently that over > 70% of online videos are compiled with Flash. > > I know it was a pleasant surprise when I clicked on a link on my new > Android Tablet and it went to a website and played the header Flash > animation, instead of showing a blank div. > > Up until recently, Android tablets could no way compete with iPads. That's > now changing. Just as those who cried "Apple is dead," there will be others > shouting from the peanut galleries about Flash being doomed. > > How ironic to be having this discussion in an LC forum where we all only > wish we could have one tenth the market penetration of Flash. > > Chipp Walters > CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc > > On Aug 2, 2011, at 11:12 AM, "Lynn Fredricks" < > lfredri...@proactive-intl.com> wrote: > > >> It would appear Flash is dead or certainly critically ill. > >> Happened much quicker than even I expected. > >> > >> http://www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=47914&id=e > >> 9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10 > >> > >> And all those people who thought banning Flash would be the > >> end of Apple, and that it was stifling competition. I can't > >> count the number of people who've told me they 'must have' > >> Flash so I've said 'don't buy an iPhone/iPad', but they still > >> did. Maybe that's why Adobe gave up so quickly, even they saw > >> the people who wanted Flash weren't prepared to support it? > > > > Hey Kay - wow, that site has an annoying pop up. If you don't want to > join, > > that pop up doesn't go away and won't let you read the article. > > > > Adobe putting out an HTML 5 animation product doesn't mean anything about > > winning or losing. They are, very wisely, putting out a tool because web > > interactivity is a market where they already have a strong foothold. Not > > doing anything is worse. If Adobe can sell you yet another product, it is > a > > win - and they have a huge user base to sell to. There are some other > HTML > > 5 products out there already, but its in Adobe's interest that you buy > from > > Adobe instead of them. These companies groom sets of customers to sell > more > > stuff to, and if you fall outside of that target customer profile, they > > really don't care. > > > > Adobe hasn't given up on Flash at all - they are spending time on > > developments which can still differentiate Flash from what you can > achieve > > with HTML 5, such as Molehill: > > > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplatformruntimes/features/stage3d.ht > > ml. > > > > Blocking Flash from iOS has hurt Apple (a little) because its given the > > Android phone and tablet market a gift, but you are right - so many > people > > do not care. The details of the arguments surrounding Apple's walled > garden > > strategy, on top of other developer focused weirdness we've all > experienced > > at one time or the othe working with Apple, is just static noise to your > > average iPhone user. > > > > One thing you can bank on is that people are more than willing to not > look > > beyond the most immediate and self gratifying. I mean, how else can you > > explain the success of strategies that "reward" you with a sort of > average > > discount for 12 months, but still charge you a much higher price for the > > remainder of a 36 month contract (ie cable companies...)? > > > > I see two companies with very smart people coming up with very far > reaching > > strategies. Very interesting times we live in. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Lynn Fredricks > > President > > Paradigma Software > > http://www.paradigmasoft.com > > > > Valentina SQL Server: The Ultra-fast, Royalty Free Database Server > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
