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Flash exists because there is a gap in technological advancement between "standards" / open source and commercial software. This gap will exist forever. Because

by tomlin 17y ago

Flash exists because there is a gap in technological advancement between "standards" / open source and commercial software. This gap will exist forever. Because of this, Flash will also live forever. HTML5+JS can render many Flash examples, yes. A streamlined IDE and a JS engine within the browser that runs AS FAST as a compiled SWF is yet to be seen. Flash will continue to add features to keep it above the bare-minimum "standards" that so many web developers are used to developing on. Let's face it. We all clap for HTML5+JS, but who's actually using it with their clients; who fear nothing more than a visitor not being able to view a product or service? Let's get real about Flash and agree it isn't A Good Thing for advancement and innovation if an idea farm (which receives millions and millions of dollars in R&D) like Flash is abandoned. Come on guys. Really?

btipling 17y ago
I don't agree. Flash does too much harm, and innovation wouldn't die if it went away tomorrow.
- tomlin 17y ago
  This is lateral thinking. You're in the "All or Nothing" camp. The binary reasoning. The very thing that makes innovation impossible. In your world, YouTube, Vimeo and experimental web development wouldn't exist. HTML5 video and audio is being implemented TODAY because Flash created that demand at it's current rate of absorbency. So it should die? Flash is a breeding ground for ideas. What if Flash introduced a new approach to video conferencing / VOIP and allowed developers to play with the experience among multiple audiences? We wait for the "standards" bodies to "aggressively" implement these advancements? Or watch all browsers attempt to implement features inconsistently and cause more pain circa 1998? Flash death = death of experimentation and innovation in RIA.
  - btipling 17y ago
    I think you make a lot of good points. The video and voip examples are pretty convincing.

by tomlin 17y ago

btipling 17y ago

I don't agree. Flash does too much harm, and innovation wouldn't die if it went away tomorrow.

tomlin 17y ago
This is lateral thinking. You're in the "All or Nothing" camp. The binary reasoning. The very thing that makes innovation impossible. In your world, YouTube, Vimeo and experimental web development wouldn't exist. HTML5 video and audio is being implemented TODAY because Flash created that demand at it's current rate of absorbency. So it should die? Flash is a breeding ground for ideas. What if Flash introduced a new approach to video conferencing / VOIP and allowed developers to play with the experience among multiple audiences? We wait for the "standards" bodies to "aggressively" implement these advancements? Or watch all browsers attempt to implement features inconsistently and cause more pain circa 1998? Flash death = death of experimentation and innovation in RIA.
- btipling 17y ago
  I think you make a lot of good points. The video and voip examples are pretty convincing.