Thread: Steve Jobs' open letter about Adobe Flash
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wmarone is offline wmarone
2010-09-18 , 17:15
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Originally Posted by railroadmaster View Post
Why should Flash be forced out, if you don't want use it don't install.
If I don't install it, suddenly I'm denied access to a huge amount of content on the web. It reminds me of 2002-2007, when sites would block and deny access to non-IE browsers.

People seem to think Adobe is forcing you to develop with flash or to view well you don't have to.
This has nothing to do with what I am developing with, but what I encounter when browsing the web.

Doing stuff like video streaming or playing games on handheld device has always been for a long period of time, dissatisfying.
Gaming was always satisfying on the Gameboy portables. Video streaming isn't dissatisfying, but new.

Well if Flash is proprietary that's Adobe choice because they developed the software.
Well sure, no argument there.

Arguments against Flash aren't argument in favor of HTML5 there are many HTML5 games/applications that require courser or Keyboard input.
What? That's a completely irrelevant point.

HTML5 usually runs just a slow and crashes as much as Flash if not more.
Except that with browsers like Chromium and Firefox, not only are they open source but they can be fixed and redeployed much faster than "whenever Adobe feels like it" or better, "without having to negotiate royalties with Adobe over it."
 

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