[opendtv] Re: Apple dashes hopes of Flash on iPhone
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:51:13 -0400
At 9:20 AM -0500 4/12/10, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
http://www.rethink-wireless.com/article.asp?article_id=2876
Apple dashes hopes of Flash on iPhone
Bars third party compilers on iPhone and iPad apps, hits Adobe workaround
By CAROLINE GABRIEL
Published: 12 April, 2010
Apple has derailed Adobe's plans to get Flash onto the iPad and
iPhone by the back door, in the latest instalment of the two firms'
hostile saga. The lack of Flash - required for most common web video
applications - is seen as a major weakness in the video oriented
iPad, but Apple remains adamant that the technology is too
lightweight and too power hungry for its products. Now it has dealt
a blow to hopes of an Adobe workaround, by updating its iPhone
Developer Program License Agreement, specifically banning the use of
third party compilers to create iPhone apps.
A very misleading article.
WHat Adobe announced yesterday would NOT have enabled Flash on any of
Apple's iDevices. It is a compiler that would take Flash content and
convert it to a format that could run on the iPhone, iPad etc.
This is not a workaround, but rather, a further compounding of the problem.
Simply stated Apple believes Flash is inefficient (especially on ANY
MAC platform) and is asking developers to move to an industry
standard - HTML5. Recompiling Flash content creates several problems:
Less efficient code that does not run as well as code developed with
the tools Apple recommends;
A third party bottleneck - when Apple updates the iPhone OS SDK,
Adobe would need to update their compiler each time. The unfortunate
fact is that Adobe has been dragging their heels when it comes to
keeping Flash updated for the Mac, and they have not committed the
necessary resources to make certain that it runs on the Mac platform
as efficiently as it does on Windows.
Here is a good counter argument in support of Apple's position.
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2010/04/10/five-tremendous-apple-vs-adobe-flash-myths/
Five Tremendous Apple vs. Adobe Flash Myths
April 10th, 2010
Regards
Craig
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