Thread: Adobe Flash Player 10: When will the update arrive? Is it coming at all?
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2010-05-28 , 01:28
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
Oh come on. If you're smart enough to get the rest of what you did, then you know full well that "Jobso" is wrong in that he is arbitrarily dismissing choice (with some of the most asinine and disingenuous reasoning I've ever seen in the tech world) and simply jockeying for Apple to be the middleman. With much more disastrous consequences than anything Flash could inflict.
I don't agree with Jobs on all other BS he puts across. I mean blocking Adobe's cross platform tools for developing iPhone apps was f##ked up in all regards. Creating a closed & draconian eco- system is the reason I don't buy his products.

I'm pro choice for media format wars. But, I am severely against one entity controlling the source and dominating. As friendly as Adobe may seem, they really don't care about anything else other than selling more products of their own. If the N900 was selling in huge numbers like Android, they would be falling all over to get Nokia to support it.. Heck probably even doing it for them.

That is why I like the promise of HTML5. Most devices we buy will come with the appropriate codecs. Embed a simple video tag and the users of said devices are good to go. The middle man is removed for all intents & purposes. I'm simplifying here, but you get the idea.

But, I wish H.264 would die too, for it means end of video support in the future for open source projects like Mozilla and others, unless they pony up the cash for the licenses. That's why I'm rooting for Ogg Theora(however lacking it may be right now) or the new WebM project (Google being evil be damned)

The web may be a business, but each and every user should have an equal standing and access to the content, irrespective of the platform they support.

It'll never happen, But one can wish

Note: the only use I see for flash beyond HTML5 video is user interfaces on interactive applets on the web. Sure there are other issues with HTML5, like DRM, etc etc. But the solutions will come with time and I have my fingers crossed

Originally Posted by nosa101 View Post
This is probably the plan and I can perfectly understand why they would go with it. If the user experience is centered around multitouch, i wouldn't want some half baked effort.

Hardware restrictions are a pretty big deal especially if a work around can't be found. The software can only go as far as the hardware lets it go and not the other way around
Agreed, but it reeks of piss poor product management and future outlook/viability then more than anything else.

And I could give Nokia the benefit of the doubt, I really want to considering how I have stayed with them for years as a loyal user. But their history regards upgrade paths makes me not want to


Edit:
Originally Posted by YoDude View Post
The only think that kept me from running through the next CES with "NOKIA SUCKS" painted in big blue letters on my fat naked body was membership in this community or more specifically the Internet tablet Talk forum where I began to appreciate Maemo
+1
I probably wouldn't run shouting anything . But yes, the community is the reason I'm thankful to have bought the N900.
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