HTML5 vs flash: the controversy
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The Flash vs. HTML5 Endgame
The Flash vs. HTML5 Endgame [In the debate of Flash vs HTML5, has the death of Flash been over exaggerated?Apple vs Flash...or vs Google?
Adobe smacks back Apple over iPad, again
There’s a ton of chatter on Techmeme today regarding iPad and Flash and HTML 5. Again. In particular don’t miss posts from ReadWriteWeb regarding Flash vs. HTML 5 speed and PC World’s comparison of HP’s new Slate vs. the iPad and how the focus will be on Flash. Yesterday I sat down with top execs from Adobe’s Flash team. I filmed two videos:Unless you’ve been off snorkeling in the Alps, you’ve probably heard all the recent hubbub about HTML5 and its ability to replace Flash as the web’s default video player. But HTML5 is much more than a hopeful successor to Flash’s web-video crown. In fact, watching a video without a plug-in only scratches the surface of what HTML5 offers. HTML5 is the next generation of HTML, the language of the web.
Where on the Web Is HTML5?
Under fire for its App Store not being more open, recently, Apple’s response has been that there is a portion of its devices that is totally open: the web . If developers don’t like some of the App Store’s restrictions, they should make a web app, Apple reasons. No shortage of critics think this response is disingenuous since it’s in Apple’s best interest for people to make native apps for their devices, not web apps that can be used anywhere.
Apple Unveils A New HTML5/Web Standards Showcase — Safari Requir
You could call it the perfect storm. Over the last few months, user engagement on Scribd has surged, according to CEO Trip Adler, thanks to its transition to HTML5, the introduction of the iPad, and Scribd’s Facebook integration. Of these three factors, Adler says the conversion from Flash to HTML5 was by far the greatest driver for his document sharing company. According to Scribd’s numbers, time on the site has tripled in the last three months. In early May, Scribd announced its plans to ditch Adobe’s Flash and began the arduous process of converting every document (of its “tens of millions”) to native, HTML5 pages. “We are scrapping three years of Flash development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a dramatically better reading experience than Flash, “co-founder and CTO, Jared Friedman, told Erick Schonfeld.
Scribd’s Decision To Dump Flash Pays Off, User Engagement Triple
<img src="http://www.webmonkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/youtube_logo.png" alt="" title="youtube_logo" width="135" height="48" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-47884" /> YouTube has some bad news for those of you hoping the site would soon ditch Flash in favor of HTML5 video tags: It isn’t going to happen any time soon. That’s message from the YouTube developer blog which cites half-a-dozen areas where Flash trumps HTML5 and explains why “the <video> tag does not currently meet all the needs of a site like YouTube.” The emerging HTML5 standard, which is quickly being adopted by browser manufacturers and developers, offers native video-playback and animation tools that don’t require Adobe’s Flash plug-in. However, while HTML5 handles the basics of video, it lacks many of the extra features that sites like YouTube, Vimeo and Hulu currently offer through Flash-based video players.
YouTube: HTML5 Video Is No Match for Flash | Webmonkey | Wired.c