Flash and HTML have co-existed, and they're going to continue to co-exist.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The productivity and expressiveness of Flash remain advantages for the Web community even as HTML advances.
It's not about HTML 5 vs Flash. They're mutually beneficial. The more important question is the freedom of choice on the web.
A wide variety of devices beyond personal computers are arriving, many of which will be used to browse the Web... The Flash engineering team has taken this on with a major overhaul of the mainstream Flash Player for a variety of devices.
Flash content is the most prolific content on the web today; it is the way people express themselves on the Internet.
AIR grew out of our early thinking about rich Internet applications around 2001. We started to see web developers pushing the boundaries of what could be done inside the browser and taking advantage of Flash in ways that we hadn't expected.
Flash Video made platform sites like YouTube possible as well, and helped kick-start the online video revolution.
We feel confident that, were Apple and Adobe to work together as we are with a number of other partners, we could provide a terrific experience with Flash on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
I think HTML5 is one area where Mozilla has done very poorly at actually communicating what we have done.
In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was very difficult to know what you could put in a Web page and reliably have most of your readership see it.
As the web becomes more and more of a part of our every day lives, it would be a horrible tragedy if it was locked up inside of companies and proprietary software.
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