Got some of that popcorn to spare?
Gosh, yes, 4 years of smartphones since the iPhone, with Flash still supported on a huge number of websites, and clearly "Jobs was right."
Not to mention, Flash will continue to get bugfixes and patches, it's just not in active development.
Everyone knew HTML5 was the future. Jobs was just a big enough ego that he thought he didn't have to play ball in the meantime. I'm sure glad that other platforms didn't see it that way.
not everyone knew.... I had to have it explained to me. It was also pointed out to me that people with Android were able to visit flash-enabled pages for the past few years while iPhones... well, still can't.Gosh, yes, 4 years of smartphones since the iPhone, with Flash still supported on a huge number of websites, and clearly "Jobs was right."
Not to mention, Flash will continue to get bugfixes and patches, it's just not in active development.
Everyone knew HTML5 was the future. Jobs was just a big enough ego that he thought he didn't have to play ball in the meantime. I'm sure glad that other platforms didn't see it that way.
They missed the incredibly obvious punch line.
I didn't mean "everyone" the consumers. I meant "everyone" the industry people arguing about this. It has been obvious for a while that HTML5 was better suited for longevity than Flash was, but it doesn't mean you walk away from doing anything because 5+ years out there might be something new.
Yep, that's really my point. Android users have had a year and a half to be able to use Flash enabled webpages, and Flash is STILL the dominant rich media standard. So for at least another year or two, Flash is going to continue to be a major presence online, and Android users are still going to be happily browsing a major chunk of the web that iOS will continue to ignore. Just because something isn't sustainable in the long term doesn't mean that it shouldn't be supported now...
post of the day
tonight i'll try to get drunk enough to get him angry enough to delete this thread tooYou guys are missing the whole point of this thread!! Bighitr finally returned from his hiatus after the fugly flight attendant thread!
Yep. It's always a shame when you look at your rep and there's a bunch of green squares with thread:N/A next to them...
pffffft...i dont care about anything in this thread except this quote.
No pics no careYep. It's always a shame when you look at your rep and there's a bunch of green squares with thread:N/A next to them...
Just read below and you'll understand my post. Geesh you guys read way into things... This was off of Etrade's website. Feel free to jump all the way to the last sentence.Gosh, yes, 4 years of smartphones since the iPhone, with Flash still supported on a huge number of websites, and clearly "Jobs was right."
In other news nVidia release desktop class tablet/smartphone chipset. This mobile chipset's CPU would have equaled the newest desktop class CPU 5 years ago but a desktop from 5 years ago couldn't handle 1080p streams (most from even 2-3 years ago) or the other various task Tegra3 can. Mobile chipsets are currently more than capable - your article is obsolete.
Most modern smartphones have HDMI out and some highend models have docks to make them half-assed netbook substitutes.
i have a few of thoseYep. It's always a shame when you look at your rep and there's a bunch of green squares with thread:N/A next to them...
Who is Steve Jobs?
My iPhone still won't play simple flash that it's processor could easily handle so there is no care from me.
i have tons of thoseYep. It's always a shame when you look at your rep and there's a bunch of green squares with thread:N/A next to them...
tl;dr; i'll shoot the messenger.Just read below and you'll understand my post. Geesh you guys read way into things... This was off of Etrade's website. Feel free to jump all the way to the last sentence.
Adobe bows to the inevitable -- finally
3:33 PM ET 11/9/11 | Marketwatch
4:00 PM ET 11/10/11
Symbol Last % Chg
AAPL 385.22 -2.55%
GOOG 595.08 -0.98%
ADBE 28.03 -0.18%
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- In one of his many interviews with biographer Walter Isaacson, Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs told him that Adobe Systems Inc.'s Flash was "a spaghetti-ball piece of technology that has lousy performance and really bad security problems."
Jobs fought to keep Flash, a browser plug-in that enables video and other website animations, off Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and the iPad. Google Inc. (GOOGtoo, has been lukewarm in its support of Flash. Earlier this year, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said that HTML 5 will become the platform on which to build all applications in the future, including mobile ones.
On Wednesday, Adobe (ADBE) decided to listen to the old adage, "the customer is always right." It said it will no longer develop its Flash Player in the browser to work with new mobile devices, following the release of Flash Player 11.1 for Android and BlackBerry PlayBook. That's also part of a broader restructuring move, under which the company is cutting 750 jobs. See Adobe news here.
Finally, after a public battle of words over Flash that erupted last year, just one month after Jobs's untimely death, Adobe now admits he was right.
Go shoot the author of the article. Not the messenger.
you just like the talking baby in the commercial, admit it 
tl;drtl;dr; i'll shoot the messenger.
also, etrade?
