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Adobe Retaliates on Apple’s Attack Against Flash
Adobe finally broke their silence on Apple’s claims that Flash will be fading away due to arrival of HTML 5. As HTML 5 arises, a war on words started on the web giants Adobe and Apple.
Adobe retaliated by saying that a switch to HTML 5 will put web users to “back to the dark ages of video on the web” . Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch also sighted reasons on the lack of Flash support to iPhones and the upcoming iPad and put the blame on Apple. Lynch stressed that it is due to Apple’s lack of cooperation that impedes Flash support to Apple’s products.
Here is the quote from Lynch’s blog:
“We are ready to enable Flash in the browser on these devices if and when Apple chooses to allow that for its users, but to date we have not had the required cooperation from Apple to make this happen.”
It is early to predict the fate of Flash with the arrival or HTML 5. Flash is not just a web browser tool but a web development tool with a community of dedicated developers. Flash may suffer a downfall when it comes to video support on browsers but obviously Adobe will not just sit around and let it fade away. Flash is a ground breaker and well loved by web developers so expect improvements on its usability and supports in the near future.
Right now, Flash is gearing up for the latest version (Flash Player 10.1) which will support mobile devices such as blackberry, nokia and also Apple’s products.