November 2011
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Flash really is dead, AIR on suicide watch
So a day after my last post, Adobe announced that it was going to cease development for Adobe Flash Player for mobile devices, and that moving forward, future updates for the phones that did get flash (Android, Blackberry, maybe WebOS) will be getting security updates only. The consequence is that when Flash 12 comes around, mobile phones won’t be invited to the party. Honestly, they should...
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Flash is Dead, Long Live Flash
I don’t really like flash, for a number of reasons, but the most prevalent being that it is more or less outdated and archaic as a web plug-in. Don’t get me wrong, flash has its uses, you still should use flash for web video if it doesn’t need to be mobile, simply because HTML5 web standards don’t have adequate copyright protection, and more than likely won’t have...
