The Irony of Mobile Users Preferring Apps Over Web
Apparently, mobile users prefer apps over the web. At least that’s Gowalla CEO Josh Williams’ view: “People love apps, but it drives a stake in the heart of the build-once-deploy-everywhere model, and makes the market really fragmented.” I’m not surprised. Heck, I prefer apps too. But the irony is that Apple has but a bullet […]
Adobe: 7 Things You Should Do With Flash/Flex
Dear Adobe: Apple has started the anti-Flash/Flex snowball rolling, and it is getting steadily bigger. It’s a perfect storm, because they’ve got the platforms that are perfectly suited to Flash, their platforms are wildly popular, and your faithful audience desperately wants to be there. But that’s not all. They didn’t just prohibit Flash, they have called […]
Top 10 Reasons Why Steve Jobs and Apple Reject Adobe Flash
Wondering why Steve Jobs and Apple are blocking Adobe Flash from your iPhone, iPod, and iPad (despite the fact that you own the device and should be allowed to make up your own mind)? Here’s a “Top Ten” list examining possible answers.
Tim Bray’s Schtick: He Likes 3270 Green Screens as UI
So I’m reading Bray’s blog as usual, and I come across his argument against Flash that I see occasionally–namely, that all Flash UI sucks. Why? Here are his words: What’s not to like, then? Well, the user experience, which in my experience is fourth-rate for anything but games; No “Back” button, feaugh. And of the […]
To iPhone Or Not To iPhone, That is the Question
Apple’s strategy towards Adobe Flash drives me nuts. There’s yet another flurry of posts about it as Adobe officially abandons further work on Flash for the iPhone. Adobe hints they’re going to be more Google Android focused according to Sarah Perez, and there have certainly been all the right rumblings in terms of a good […]
Apple, Adobe, Punctuated Equilibrium, and Commoditization
Lots of kerfluffle around Apple’s refusal and downright blocking of Flash on its platforms. Developers like John Gruber are stating the obvious in explaining why Apple is behaving this way. Techcrunch is piling on, since Steve Jobs is referring people to Gruber. BFD, I explained all this years ago and in more than one post. It […]
Warning Signs ‘Flash’ing for Adobe
What does the Flash vs. HTML5 debate – over the future of web video – mean to Adobe’s future?
Silverlight 4, Azure, Gears “death,” and Flash SaaS SDKs – RIA Weekly #67
This week, it’s Silverlight 4, Azure, Google Gears “death,” Flash with Salesforce and RIM, and more. The full roster of Coté, Ryan Stewart, and Mike Downey are back for this one.
Honey, I Broke The Runtime. From Flash Lite To Flash Like
Earlier this week Adobe [client] announced support for Flash on the iPhone. Kind of.
The story has been covered pretty extensively by both Adobe haters and fanboys.
What do I have to add at this point? Not a great deal. But one thing struck me pretty strongly. Having argued in the past that Adobe could open source […]
