[opendtv] Re: Flash Gone from Android
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:09:04 -0500
At 8:52 PM -0600 2/14/12, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
Dan Grimes wrote:
So our streaming to Droid phones went kaput. It appears that Google
has shut Flash down from their Android devices. I'm not sure what
this means for GoogleTV. I can hear Bert saying, "I told you so"
already!
Yes, I do say that, but I'm also wondering why they did so. What are
they pushing instead of Flash?
Anyway, as you surmised, these are the shenanigans we can expect.
No shenanigans here, just common sense.
Apple was right about Flash on mobile devices - it is a power hog
that severely cuts into battery run times.
Apparently Adobe finally figured this out last November:
http://www.techspot.com/news/46192-adobe-stops-mobile-flash-development-will-focus-on-html5.html
Adobe stops mobile Flash development, will focus on HTML5
By Jose Vilches
November 9, 2011, 12:08 PM EST
In a rather unexpected move, Adobe has told developers that it no
longer plans to develop future versions of its Flash Player for
mobile browsers, and will instead focus on HTML5 and other web
technologies. ZDNet broke the news earlier today but it has since
been confirmed in an official blog post at Adobe's website. The last
version of Flash Player for mobile devices will be 11.1, which is due
out soon for the BlackBerry PlayBook and Android devices.
The company had long touted the benefits of Flash over HTML5 but not
everyone agreed -- most notably Steve Jobs, who maintained that Flash
media streaming technology isn't suited for use on low-power mobile
devices. Following Apple's decision to leave Flash out of their
popular iPhone and iPad devices, web developers quickly started
moving away from Flash to HTML5 -- or at least ensuring support for
HTML5 alongside Flash.
To the best of my knowledge, all current (non-mobile) browsers
including Chrome and Apple's Safari will continue to support Flash
player.
But HTML5 is where everyone is now headed.
Regards
Craig
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