Adobe throws in towel on Flash in software war with Apple

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Adobe throws in towel on Flash in software war with Apple

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/10/adobe-throws-in-towel-on-flash-in-software-war-with-apple/

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Adobe Systems Inc halted development of its Flash Player for mobile browsers, surrendering to Apple Inc in a war over Web standards as the company surprised investors with a restructuring plan.

While the matter might seem like inside baseball for the average person, it is likely to improve the browsing experiences of tens of millions of iPhone and iPad users, who have trouble accessing sites built with Flash.

That is because Adobe’s decision means Web developers who currently use Flash tools to produce Web content will likely move over to the newer HTML5 technology, which Adobe embraced on Wednesday.

Adobe’s concession to Apple and its late founder Steve Jobs, who famously derided Flash as an inefficient power-hog, came as the design software specialist warned that revenue growth will slow next year.

[Aerows]

1. I can't WAIT

for the resource hog known as flash to go away. However - I'd like better pop up blockers and ad litter controls under HTML5. You can block elements with adblock, but it's annoying to have to go through it with each iteration of your browser for each site that does this annoying stuff.

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[0rganism]

3. wow, my context meter just hit zero

either I'm not as up on internet tech as I thought, or that was a reply to a different thread entirely. maybe both.

[Laelth]

4. k&r for exposure. This is interesting. n/t

-Laelth

[Hydra]

5. I was just playing with ways to get my flash to work this morning

The latest version is an obscene resource hog. Even with 4 gigs of RAM it doesn't like running 2+ apps at a time, and crashes my old laptop with just 1.

I wish someone would do something more streamlined like the puppy linux developers.

[alfredo]

7. Adapt or die.

[RainDog]

6. sounds good to me

flash is annoying

[emulatorloo]

8. Here's to HTML5.

Flash just doesn't work right.