Comments on: Flash, Aha? http://blog.centation.com/article/do-we-need-flash-on-the-web/ Tips and news on web design, development and SEO Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:07:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Christopher Hill http://blog.centation.com/article/do-we-need-flash-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Christopher Hill Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:59:50 +0000 http://blog.centation.com/?p=566#comment-400 @Oliver Mark means that Adobe will not focus on performance whilst it has no competition. However, Adobe has been doing just that---it released 10.1 as a beta for Mac's which focuses on performance (Yay!) since it was previously so bad: <a href="http://bit.ly/4rYQCs" rel="nofollow">Adobe pre-release of Flash Player 10.1 now available</a>. @Oliver Mark means that Adobe will not focus on performance whilst it has no competition. However, Adobe has been doing just that—it released 10.1 as a beta for Mac’s which focuses on performance (Yay!) since it was previously so bad: Adobe pre-release of Flash Player 10.1 now available.

]]> By: Oliver Culverhouse http://blog.centation.com/article/do-we-need-flash-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Oliver Culverhouse Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:24:12 +0000 http://blog.centation.com/?p=566#comment-399 Mark, what did you mean by '99% uptake of a product'? I hope you don't mean Apple. :) Mark, what did you mean by ‘99% uptake of a product’?
I hope you don’t mean Apple. :)

]]> By: Phil Stevens http://blog.centation.com/article/do-we-need-flash-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Phil Stevens Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:33:59 +0000 http://blog.centation.com/?p=566#comment-398 completely agree Oly! just look at what Apple did to music and 'mp3' players. Can only mean one thing in my opinion... flash bang wallop... completely agree Oly! just look at what Apple did to music and ‘mp3′ players. Can only mean one thing in my opinion… flash bang wallop…

]]> By: Oliver Culverhouse http://blog.centation.com/article/do-we-need-flash-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Oliver Culverhouse Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:20:37 +0000 http://blog.centation.com/?p=566#comment-397 I can't see Flash being enabled on any of Apples devices (iPad included). It seems Steve Jobs has taken a strong dislike to it. The alternative is HTML5 however its not mainstream yet. Flash is the best medium for computers however for mobile devices perhaps m4v or quicktime would be better. It all depends on your target market. I can’t see Flash being enabled on any of Apples devices (iPad included). It seems Steve Jobs has taken a strong dislike to it.
The alternative is HTML5 however its not mainstream yet.
Flash is the best medium for computers however for mobile devices perhaps m4v or quicktime would be better. It all depends on your target market.

]]> By: Mark Churchill http://blog.centation.com/article/do-we-need-flash-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Mark Churchill Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:15:53 +0000 http://blog.centation.com/?p=566#comment-396 Flash is useful, sure, but it's a real resource-hog. Besides, any company who can boast 99% uptake of a product won't focus on issues like that until competition arrives, so I think the emerging wave of alternatives (and Apple's resistance) will be good for everyone. And the HTML5 version of Youtube works great in Safari, so I think that'll solve the iPhone problem for me… :) Flash is useful, sure, but it’s a real resource-hog.

Besides, any company who can boast 99% uptake of a product won’t focus on issues like that until competition arrives, so I think the emerging wave of alternatives (and Apple’s resistance) will be good for everyone.

And the HTML5 version of Youtube works great in Safari, so I think that’ll solve the iPhone problem for me… :)

]]> By: Chris Harding http://blog.centation.com/article/do-we-need-flash-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Chris Harding Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:13:13 +0000 http://blog.centation.com/?p=566#comment-395 I use Flash extensively to demo PowerPoint slideshows & presentations as well as my software training videos and have always been miffed that they won't show on the iPhone. The application I use (Camtasia) actually recommends the Flash format over Quicktime, M4V and others so that's what I used. Maybe I should consider changing? I use Flash extensively to demo PowerPoint slideshows & presentations as well as my software training videos and have always been miffed that they won’t show on the iPhone.
The application I use (Camtasia) actually recommends the Flash format over Quicktime, M4V and others so that’s what I used.
Maybe I should consider changing?

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