The other important thing is that the Flash player is updated by Adobe periodically to address any issues that may arise. Actionscript has evolved into a robust, full featured language. But for complex games and RIAs, I just don't see it. For rudimentary animations and JQuery-like functionality, sure, HTML5 can be a viable option instead Flash. There are tasks that will be very difficult if not impossible to achieve with JS and CSS. I cringe thinking about using JS for tasks where ActionScript can accomplish the same thing in 50% less code. I have been developing Flash content for over 10 years, I am also very competent in JS. The HTML5 stack (html, css and JS) will NOT be a direct replacement for Flash. Which is exactly what has been happening.It is annoying and I lost respect for Steve. Perhaps he didn't explain this purposely, so that many misinformed end users who want to watch Hulu on their iPhones would unleash their rage against Flash. made the comments about HTML5 being the future, he didn't bother to explain that this statement really refers to the most widespread use of Flash today, that being Video. Please no opinionated arguments - just technical facts. It requires special authoring tools (a compiler perhaps?) and a custom player that's available as a plug-in to most common browsers.Ĭould someone please explain (to this C/C++ developer) how it is possible from a technical/coding point-of-view that a text-based markup language (HTML5) could be considered a replacement to a multimedia framework (Flash)? Adobe Flash is a propriety framework for working with audio, video, sound and raster/vector graphics.The client browser interprets the markup and renders (with varying degrees of success) the page according to an standard specification. HTML is a pure-text markup language that is delivered over HTTP to a client browser.I do not develop software that runs in a browser, so my (limited) understanding is: There are those that suggest that HTML5 will one day supplant/replace Adobe Flash. A topic of debate that's seen a resurgence since the unveiling of the iPad is the issue of Flash versus HTML5.

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