{"id":2560,"date":"2010-04-30T16:56:48","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T15:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/2560-steve-jobs-saying-flash-is-bad-does-not-make-it-so.html"},"modified":"2010-04-30T16:56:48","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T15:56:48","slug":"steve-jobs-saying-flash-is-bad-does-not-make-it-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/2560-steve-jobs-saying-flash-is-bad-does-not-make-it-so.html","title":{"rendered":"Steve Jobs saying Flash is bad does not make it so"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve mulled over the statement<\/a> by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on why he hates Flash. It\u2019s been picked over by many, so there\u2019s little point in analysing it line by line, spotting what\u2019s true, what\u2019s false, what\u2019s twisted. It doesn\u2019t matter. What counts is that Jobs is disallowing Flash and attacking Adobe \u2013 he\u2019s decided it should get out of the runtime business and just do tools for HTML5:<\/p>\n

Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apple is a powerful enemy; and what I\u2019ve found alarming watching the reaction is the extent to which Jobs saying \u201cFlash is bad\u201d has lowered the reputation of Flash; it’s as if all the great things which it has enabled \u2013 web video that works, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in a web browser, an entire industry of casual gaming \u2013 has been forgotten because one charismatic and influential individual has called it old stuff that crashes Macs.<\/p>\n

The army of enthusiasts which leaps to the defence of all things Apple both amuses and disturbs me. I understand some of the reasons. People warm to Apple because the company has improved their lives, in computing, in music, in mobile phones \u2013 especially in contrast to the efforts of Microsoft and its partners who have all too often made computers and mobile devices that are hostile and unpleasant to use. This last factor is not Apple\u2019s fault; and without Apple it might not now be changing. Apple deserves our thanks for that.<\/p>\n

That doesn\u2019t make Jobs or his followers right about Flash, which is a magical piece of technology. Yes, it\u2019s been widely abused to make annoying ads and animations; yes, it crashes the browser sometimes; yes, both HTML5 and Microsoft Silverlight are encroaching on Flash territory.<\/p>\n

Still, Flash is never going to be allowed on Apple\u2019s new wave of personal computing devices, which by the looks of things<\/a> it intends to form the core of its business. Nor can we write for Flash and compile for Apple; it\u2019s not allowed.<\/p>\n

This is the new model of computing: the web if you want open, or humbly seek permission from the device overlords if you want a local application install, at least on Apple\u2019s platform; and Microsoft is headed in the same direction with Windows Mobile 7. It\u2019s not a model I like; but the trend is unmistakeable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve mulled over the statement by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on why he hates Flash. It\u2019s been picked over by many, so there\u2019s little point in analysing it line by line, spotting what\u2019s true, what\u2019s false, what\u2019s twisted. It doesn\u2019t matter. What counts is that Jobs is disallowing Flash and attacking Adobe \u2013 he\u2019s decided … Continue reading Steve Jobs saying Flash is bad does not make it so<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,44,47,80,96],"tags":[123,158,394,462,825,871],"class_list":["post-2560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adobe","category-apple","category-internet","category-iphone","category-software-development","category-web-authoring","tag-adobe","tag-apple","tag-flash","tag-html-5","tag-silverlight","tag-steve-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}