Thoughts on the Future of Flash

There's been soo much discussion on the tirade of Jobs, so much so that the regulators are looking into the antitrust laws around the iPad and iPhone apps... and the discussion of whether Flash will be around in 5 years... whether students should continue studying flash technology...

My opinion is, if you are interested, adaptable, and engaged, do so.

There's more that Flash can offer that HTML5 cannot, and many browsers will take years to catch up on end user's computers to support HTML5, whereas, they will support Flash's player more readily...

Flash has more capabilities for encryption and streaming of video content, and it will take some time for HTML5 to catch up. Flash will evolve. It won't become shelved like Director. but if it does, if you're adaptable, you have nothing to fear.

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At the web 2.0 conference this week, most of the heavy hitters were in the room ( The Browser Panel with Dion Almaer (Palm, Inc. ), Ben Galbraith (Palm, Inc. ), Douglas Crockford (Yahoo! Inc.), Brendan Eich (Mozilla), Charles McCathieNevile (Opera Software), Alex Russell (Google), and Giorgio Sardo (Microsoft Corporation) . and seemed to skirt around the issues (time was limited), but... flash is here to stay and html5 will drive innovation forward... but at what pace? everyone chided the microsoft guy... ie 6 was innovative in 2001... but here it is 2010 and we're still suffering with its limitations because the market must still support that browser...

here's a couple articles for review, debate, discussion, reflection:

gskinner.com: gBlog: My Thoughts on the Future of Flash

 Giz Explains: Why HTML5 Isn't Going to Save the Internet


go forth and create!!! and never stop learning... here's something for inspiration:

check out how this video takes over and uses the space of the browser...


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