Steve Jobs says Abode Flash and Apple products like the iPod, iPhone and iPad will never be seen together, according to Fox News. Many tech fans had wondered if Jobs would eventually cave to the pressure, as Flash videos are still widely used on numerous sites. Steve Jobs’, nevertheless, “Thoughts on Flash ” letter should mean less no faxing payday loansfor Adobe, as the Apple CEO gives six well-reasoned arguments for why Flash video won’t mix with the iCrowd. Even without concerning the fact that Flash videos often cause OS crashed, Jobs has serious philosophical and technical concerns about Adobe Flash.
Adobe's ire drawn by Steve Jobs Flash call
Fox News reports that Adobe Flash evangelist Lee Brimelow didn’t say anything nice regarding Steve Jobs and his Flash stance:
"Speaking purely for myself, I would like to make it clear what is going through my mind at the moment. Go screw yourself, Apple.”
Apple didn't want to respond to this. Jobs is a lot more interested in pointing out that Flash is proprietary product, and that he is against closed products that “stifle innovation.” He would rather have HTML5 as an open standards platform. That most Apple products are also proprietary didn’t seem to enter into Jobs’ argument, but he was just getting began. He continued by reminding all the readers that Flash is an old technology that could easily be changed with “more modern formats” like H.264 that do not cause as many crashes.
Flash Crashing
What is the problem for real? Steve Jobs says Flash gets in the way. As stated in his "Thoughts on Flash,":
“We know from painful experience that letting a third-party layer of software come between the platform and the developer ultimately results in sub-standard apps and hinders the enhancement and progress of the platform. We cannot be at the mercy of a third party deciding if and when they will make our enhancements available to our developers.”
How did Adobe feel about being called a balding third wheel? All is quiet on the Adobe front, except for eloquent statements like Brimelow's. There is a definite sense among the media that Flash is dying as a platform, something that most developers would second – and then some. Lance Ulanoff of PC Magazine called Steve Jobs' Flash bash “an incredible attack on Flash, (one that) could shake its very foundations.”.
Resources
Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/29/flash-iphone-apples-steve-jobs-finally-explains/?test=latestnews
Thoughts on Flash
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
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