I just asked if Flash was open source. ?Wasn't looking for a long
philosophical discussion.

A simple 'no' would have sufficed.

-Mike



On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Ross Sclafani <[address removed]> wrote:
> not completely yet, but its moving in that direction with a highly public commitment by adobe.
>
> the real lesson in this is that flash and air technology are stepping away from dominating the web in favor of a more application-centric approach.
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> this is why steve jobs is trying to keep flash out of the ipod sandbox.
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> it has nothing to do with swf vs html5 and a lot more to do with swf vs. ipa
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> swf is still the choice for faithful recreation of visual design on the Web, and until @font-face happens and cross-browser rendering differences are greatly reduced if not eliminated that will remain the case.
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> as for interactivity, javascript is "good enough" with canvas and webgl to stand up to sophisticated actionscript user experiences, although from the developer's standpoint, as3 is a far more enjoyable and productive way to create reusable code and employ modern programming techniques.
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> bottom line is Web development is a headache. either you're dealing with cross-browser incompatibilities, ugly code, non-extensibility, inconsistent visual experiences or youre dealing with flash, with its own set of annoyances.
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> its a matter of visual control. the Web is not really meant to provide visual control, but rather access to information. this is why a visually oriented technology like flash has always been a shoehorn and met so much resistance. this is not going to change.
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> web designers willing to relinquish visual specificity will be content with the standards-based offerings, and enjoy all of their benefits to searchability, accessibility, etc.
> web designers that want the exact control that flash offers are in fact application designers looking to deploy their applications on the web.
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> there is plenty of room for both, just not on the iPlatform.
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> but really mike, i don't understand your passion for this argument. is somebody trying to make you use flash?
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> _r

>
> On Apr 17, 2010, at 1:03 PM, Michael Mellinger wrote:
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>> So, it is open source?
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Playback
>>
>> -Mike

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