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Of course you would, there is nothing wrong the feature in itself and even if the applications compiled with it get rejected it will still cause a headache and

by robryan 17y ago

Of course you would, there is nothing wrong the feature in itself and even if the applications compiled with it get rejected it will still cause a headache and put apple under pressure to change their decision.

melling 17y ago
At this point, there are plenty of Objective C developers. Apple doesn't need to change its minds. A few years ago perhaps. There will continue to be a steady stream of great apps. What could happen is that a developer might get permanently banned for using the Adobe tools, thus locking themselves out of the iPhone market.
- bilbo0s 17y ago
  Yeah, that's exactly the scenario that has me really thinking that it is not good to be the test subject. Maybe they start banning people instead of Apps. Imagine your company gets banned. Not good.
  - robryan 17y ago
    Sounds a bit like adwords, keep well in line otherwise we reserve the right to destroy your business.
    - confuzatron 17y ago
      Sir, are you or have you ever been a member of the Adobeist Party? Just answer the question.
reitzensteinm 17y ago
Yeah, not sure why this is news. Taking it out would just help sweep the whole thing under the carpet. Exactly the opposite of what Adobe wants.
jrockway 17y ago
And, Windows Mobile and Android users will enjoy the availability of these apps, even if iPhone users won't.
- mbreese 17y ago
  You do realize that Windows Mobile 7 has similar policies as the iPhone. Apps need to be written in Silverlight (a Flash competitor), XNA (games), or .NET. I'm not sure if Adobe can manage yet another cross-compiler (if that's how CS5 works). Also, Microsoft will approve each and every app, and I don't think that side-loading is allowed either. Now, I don't think that Microsoft will care as much about the cross-compiling, but if the Apple camp is to be believed that multi-tasking support is the technical reason for the ban, you might be surprised by Microsoft's support too. So... I guess Adobe can target Android. Ref: http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/03/windows_phone_7_3.html http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/03/wi...
  - confuzatron 17y ago
    Given that Adobe are working with MS to get Flash on WP7 - proper Flash, not cross-compiled Flash, your comment is... to be diplomatic, wishful thinking. If Adobe can generate working SL apps then MS wont be bothered how they did it. As for the multi-tasking 'technical reason' - well, people need something to believe in I guess.
    - mbreese 17y ago
      Now just because Microsoft worked with Adobe on getting Flash to work in the web browser doesn't meant that they will be as helpful when moving developers away from their tool chain and towards flash for their main app development. I'm not saying that I believe the Apple party line, but I can see how Apple is at a disadvantage in program inspection to Android and Microsoft in that their dev language isn't vm based. Really, if Adobe wants to remain relevant, I think they have only one option...go html5 and go all in.
  - statictype 17y ago

by robryan 17y ago

melling 17y ago

At this point, there are plenty of Objective C developers. Apple doesn't need to change its minds. A few years ago perhaps. There will continue to be a steady stream of great apps. What could happen is that a developer might get permanently banned for using the Adobe tools, thus locking themselves out of the iPhone market.

bilbo0s 17y ago
Yeah, that's exactly the scenario that has me really thinking that it is not good to be the test subject. Maybe they start banning people instead of Apps. Imagine your company gets banned. Not good.
- robryan 17y ago
  Sounds a bit like adwords, keep well in line otherwise we reserve the right to destroy your business.
  - confuzatron 17y ago
    Sir, are you or have you ever been a member of the Adobeist Party? Just answer the question.

reitzensteinm 17y ago

Yeah, not sure why this is news. Taking it out would just help sweep the whole thing under the carpet. Exactly the opposite of what Adobe wants.

jrockway 17y ago

And, Windows Mobile and Android users will enjoy the availability of these apps, even if iPhone users won't.

mbreese 17y ago
You do realize that Windows Mobile 7 has similar policies as the iPhone. Apps need to be written in Silverlight (a Flash competitor), XNA (games), or .NET. I'm not sure if Adobe can manage yet another cross-compiler (if that's how CS5 works). Also, Microsoft will approve each and every app, and I don't think that side-loading is allowed either. Now, I don't think that Microsoft will care as much about the cross-compiling, but if the Apple camp is to be believed that multi-tasking support is the technical reason for the ban, you might be surprised by Microsoft's support too. So... I guess Adobe can target Android. Ref: http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/03/windows_phone_7_3.html http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/03/wi...
- confuzatron 17y ago
  Given that Adobe are working with MS to get Flash on WP7 - proper Flash, not cross-compiled Flash, your comment is... to be diplomatic, wishful thinking. If Adobe can generate working SL apps then MS wont be bothered how they did it. As for the multi-tasking 'technical reason' - well, people need something to believe in I guess.
  - mbreese 17y ago
    Now just because Microsoft worked with Adobe on getting Flash to work in the web browser doesn't meant that they will be as helpful when moving developers away from their tool chain and towards flash for their main app development. I'm not saying that I believe the Apple party line, but I can see how Apple is at a disadvantage in program inspection to Android and Microsoft in that their dev language isn't vm based. Really, if Adobe wants to remain relevant, I think they have only one option...go html5 and go all in.
- statictype 17y ago