At least, that’s the word according to Paul Burnett, Adobe’s Open Web Evangelist. I’m just off a call from him regarding Android ICS Flash, Flash on the desktop and Adobe’s development future.
I’ve not had time to transcribe the full interview, but Paul clarified Adobe’s position on Flash, both on the desktop and on mobile devices.
For mobiles, Flash Player 11 will be updated to include Ice Cream Sandwich capability (corroborating a story that first broke on Pocket Lint), but not beyond that; at that point, according to Burnett, it’ll be down to hardware manufacturers to take the Flash source code and implement it themselves if Flash is going to go forward there. Burnett’s view is that as mobile users have increasingly shifted towards Apps for content over mobile, AIR is more appropriate Adobe technology there.
On the desktop, Burnett’s view is that Flash is, despite some reports and even moves to convince users to dump it, still a premium way to access content, most notably rich gaming and video content. It’s not a case where it’s Flash versus HTML5, according to Burnett; Flash can increase the scope of HTML5, as it’s done in the past. I’ll post the full interview up once I’ve had the chance to finish transcribing it.
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Wok
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 1:08 PMThis whole thing was blown out of proportion because Adobe framed the press release stupidly.
Fact is more developers care about making mobile apps than mobile websites so that is exactly where adobe is shifting their focus.
Flash is okay at making mobile apps and terrible at making mobile websites. HTML 5 is great for making mobile websites and so-so at making mobile apps. To me this seems like a bit of a no brainier focus on what developers want and need; a consistent way to build Mobile apps across platforms and focus on what Flash is actually better at.
On the desktop Flash is still king for rich media, both for development and for the experience that can be offered.
Commander Sheppard
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 4:18 PMits dead Jim
Max
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 11:53 PMIt may not be dead yet, but the prognosis is definitely terminal.
Just This Guy ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 2:30 PMI killed flash off on all my PCs and mobile devices as the first touch of “personalisation”
If your site relies on flash, I’ll just pass on by.
Hate Adobe products and their lamprey like behaviors.
My gear, my choice.