Thread: Adobe Flash Player 10: When will the update arrive? Is it coming at all?
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2010-09-15 , 22:08
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Originally Posted by geohsia View Post
I think you mean unfortunately the majority of websites in the world that uses flash for things like video and content interaction hasn't moved to an equally feature rich platform (which doesn't yet exist).

HTML 5 and new video codecs are great but it sure isn't ready yet to replace Flash no matter what Apple says and no matter how horrible people claim Flash to be. I have no doubt it'll get there though.

The nice thing about Flash ads are that they're easy to block. HTML5 based ads might be a bit more difficult. Just saying...
I agree 100% here. HTML 5 and all it's glory can be touted up as the best thing since Vagina was invented, but it simply isn't 'there' yet. The spec could be completed and everyone happy, but the browsers would still need to support it properly. Not to mention there are still things that Flash will probably still do better. Also even once the spec is completed and the browsers fully support it (well except IE, which we know will never support ALL the 'standards') the content providers would need to start switching over their content.

Who is to say there is any money / advantage in that?

So let's just face it, Flash is here for a very long time. Well, unless the world ends in 2012. Yay, end of the world!

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