Flash Player downloads from Play Store to cease starting August 15
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- Steve Jobs
- fXN
- 30 Jun 2012
"I told you a long time ago that Flash is very destructive and a battery drain"
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- washout
- IVy
- 30 Jun 2012
nekko, 29 Jun 2012Haha.. Android have not acquire enough cores and battery ju... morelet us start by the term add on... meaning you can add, but does not mean needed or required... I am also a fan of Symbian before i like how it works, I like how simple it is... but dude don't compare it to Android... your like comparing a 10 year old boy with a lot of things ahead of him and a 99 year old grand pa who cant walk without a stick... have you been under hibernation, move on dude embrace what is new... and just cherish the past..
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- AnonD-5950
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- 30 Jun 2012
AnonD-252, 29 Jun 2012If flash really was a big disadvantage for developers then ... moreI see no problem on HTML 5. I have uninstall flash on my Android and now only runs on HTMl 5.
Whenever I enable Flash on my Android smartphones, it lags and makes the web page run slower than usual.
My everyday sites all runs on HTML 5 and most of them runs smoothly. If you want to use a Flash heavy websites, use a Computer.
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- sanitycheck
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- 30 Jun 2012
Web is much more than streaming vidoes. Anyway, it appears most of the commentators don't have real, in-depth commercial experience (I'm not talking some cute/glossy "hello world" demo or prototype here) with either of the technologies, so the differences might not be obvious. From my experience, HTML5 (with some additional video/audio and layout tag) is NOT a Flash/Flex replacement.
HTML5+Javascript+CSS+SomeMiddlewareTechnology really really far stretched in a very ugly way may "mimic" Flash/Flex.
First, it's like comparing apples with oranges. HTML (go and read up on its history) was created to serve static content with very low level of interactivity, if any, via Web browser. On the other hand, Flash/Flex was created/architected to serve highly dynamic and interactive content, like desktop apps, via Web browser. Second, (don't get fooled by the marketing campaigns) HTML5 by itself doesn't mean anything. It requires highly complex and bloated Javascript and CSS to mimic even the simple things in Flash/Flex. Let's not even get into the browser compatibility issues, all of the various middleware technologies (not so compatible with each other) needed to "push" the data/business logic to the app running inside the browser, and deep lack of tools to generate highly interactive, dynamic, and sophisticated and professional looking content for HTML.
If you disagree or can't see what the differences are, go and knock yourself out trying to create a highly interactive, dynamic web, and sophisticated content with HTML5+Javascript+CSS+SomeMiddleWareTechnology. And compare that with the same created with Flash/Flex. BTW, good luck debugging and maintaining code written in HTML5+JavaScript+OthersRequired. Javascript frameworks (Dojo,JQuery, and so on that are not compatible with each other...) would help but they themselves are not enough with added complexity.
The point here is not that one technology better than the other as a whole. Each was created to serve a different purpose and they do it well. Using Flash/Flex for static content is an overkill. Using HTML for dynamic/interactive content is a really big stretch. Let's not mix up hammers with screw drivers. Can't help but feel that we are going one step forward to go two steps backward here.
BTW, on mobile platforms, native apps (iOS and Android) look and feel the best, not some HTML or Flash app running side the browser. Anyway, sorry to lose a very good technology but just hope that people know what they are getting into or losing before getting swayed by some marketing geniuses. Not sure about Google, but can't see how Apple and Microsoft can really make money (at least directly) by pushing "open" standards like HTML and Javascript, other than killing Flash since it has more than 90% penetration. Therefore, can't see HTML5+Javascript really maturing anytime soon. If that was the case and HTML+Javascript was that simple/easy/very productive for the developers to produce highly interactive and dynamic content like Flash/Flex , most Flash/Flex stuff should have been replaced or converted already.
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- Ailingtitan
- 3G5
- 30 Jun 2012
I recently bought a Samsung galaxy note, now there be no flash does that mean play store on android market means I can't download any games now??? Please help me I can return the phone and cancel my contract this sun 01 July 2012 hope to hear from you soon
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- Anthony
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- 30 Jun 2012
android fanboy, 30 Jun 2012What is adobe expecting??? That every porn site or other st... morenetflix already moved to silverlight and porn has the money to make the change fast. after all you give them all of yours.
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- AnonD-2663
- tA8
- 30 Jun 2012
Now if they can only get rid of javascript, we'd have a perfect browser. In my opinion Flash plugins add naught value to the mobile browsing experience so this is a welcome change.
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- Anonymous
- MZ5
- 30 Jun 2012
time to move on WP8
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- High Tech
- kNk
- 30 Jun 2012
Android will be be just fine. Do you really think just because Adobe stops flash, that it will kill off Android? Think again. Im sure Android has something better coming. Android is here to stay. That's why Apple is trying to stop Android from US. They know there days are numbered (GS3, GN2, Nexus 7 Tab, etc.).
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- AnonD-61159
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- 30 Jun 2012
Im sorry but flash videos on android were horrible. I'm using chrome on my one x andi much prefere HTML 5. It's much nicer
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- 30 Jun 2012
AnonD-252, 29 Jun 2012Ok, goodbye Android! Now there is no reason to upgrade my S... moreSo... in saying that. What's the point of getting an iPhone then?
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- AnonD-13148
- PBC
- 30 Jun 2012
Fret not! We can port an existing flash to the next android with just some tweaking.
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- android fanboy
- MZ5
- 30 Jun 2012
What is adobe expecting??? That every porn site or other streming sites will switch from flash to html5 just like that???? In their dreams, that will be a long process...
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- AnonD-26870
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- 30 Jun 2012
AnonD-2892, 30 Jun 2012There are plenty of other reasons to buy an Anroid. It's fl... moreOh really? Every fandroid(not the normal user) on the earth said untill now, the biggest advantage of Android over iOS or WP7 is flash support.
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- Anonymous
- kg3
- 30 Jun 2012
Time to move on to Windows 8 tablet and Windows Phone 8 as they have Adobe Flash.
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- AnonD-26870
- 3RQ
- 30 Jun 2012
AnonD-24171, 29 Jun 2012We don't care if Google or Adobe stopped Flash because we s... moreIs it default? No, with hacks!
If this is true, I see some: panic, panic, panic :))
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- AnonD-2892
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- 30 Jun 2012
Anonymous, 29 Jun 2012I wanted tu buy android just because of adobe flash, now I ... moreThere are plenty of other reasons to buy an Anroid. It's flash compatibility is really a minor arrow in it's quiver of superiority.
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- TMach
- nFY
- 29 Jun 2012
nekko, 29 Jun 2012Haha.. Android have not acquire enough cores and battery ju... moreSeriously? Did you even understand the article? Obviously not otherwise you would not have made the comment you did! Troll
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- Anonymous
- MZ5
- 29 Jun 2012
I wanted tu buy android just because of adobe flash, now I am not interested...
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- nekko
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- 29 Jun 2012
Haha.. Android have not acquire enough cores and battery juice to run Flash properly. Something N900 have achieved long time ago. Pity for android, now even symbian belle can top them in term of features(at least it supports flash lite)