Steve Jobs: "Flash is no longer necessary, html5 is the future.", Microsoft&Google agrees.

[Correction]

the old quake cheats were GOD, IMPULSE 9, IMPULSE 255, etc.

There were also old SV_ HOST_ and R_ variables you could muck with to completely change the physics.

[Kohan]

Misinformation abound.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=2095

You're welcome.

[vagus]

http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/2010/...-online-video/


A long article and the breakdown of Flash and Mr. Jobs.

[Zhais]

I love you both.


I also still fail to see why non-developers are even spending time bothering with this at this stage. Consumer-side, I don't see any changes, major or minor, happening. Development side, a few minor changes at best depending on the implementation. As one of the articles above mentioned, anyone that invests in html5 format now will just have to change it again in the future to be standards-compliant.

That, and the article brings up a good point too (tho this will /probably/ be worked around...). If Flash support drops, ads will no longer be in Flash. No more adblock/noscript to remove unwanted ads from the page. Firefox consumers should be hating that right now.

[Correction]

That, and the article brings up a good point too (tho this will /probably/ be worked around...). If Flash support drops, ads will no longer be in Flash. No more adblock/noscript to remove unwanted ads from the page. Firefox consumers should be hating that right now.

Adblockers will still work if flash dies, since every ad is still generated from a dynamic script, and these dynamic scripts often invoke code from a 3rd-party host. Blocking 3rd-party host scripts from running is how blockers work, not by specifically targetting flash.

[Zhais]

Adblockers will still work if flash dies, since every ad is still generated from a dynamic script, and these dynamic scripts often invoke code from a 3rd-party host. Blocking 3rd-party host scripts from running is how blockers work, not by specifically targetting flash.

Fair enough then.

[Mayareira]

That's one of the most biased articles I've read lately.

[Khamsin]

I wonder why they're so focused on videos. It's the flash apps/games/etc. non-videos that we're really missing, on devices that don't support flash.

The videos are a non-issue, because they can be encoded however you like, and every website out there that uses flash video could use any other format whenever they please. As for flash websites whose primary use of flash is for rollovers and effects, that's easily enough fixed just by using javascript.

But apps, games, chat, etc. are the main use of flash, not videos, and are a different animal altogether and should be the primary concern. That's what's gonna take so long to transition to some other format besides flash.

[Kirb]

That article actually brought up a lot of really good points regarding API, and I agree with a lot of it from a developer's standpoint.

I had to laugh at the obligatory applefan rage flood, though.

I wonder why they're so focused on videos. It's the flash apps/games/etc. non-videos that we're really missing, on devices that don't support flash.

It's true, Adobe has never really marketed themselves as a video container, so I'm not sure why so much of this is focused on video either, aside from the fact that several sites focus on flash-based video. While a good internet video codec standard is very important, it's ultimately the other applications that flash has to offer that give it the most value.

[Zhais]

That's one of the most biased articles I've read lately.

lol

[Takedown3]

i fucking played the SHIT out of carrmagedon (sp)

shit was so fun man, open world concept, massive jumps EVERYwhere

LOVED IT

[Mayareira]

Yeah, Carmageddon was incredible. Maps were extremely large and characteristic...and the game was plain fun.

[WhiteMagicRaven]

Hehe old good times returns again =) New HeXen under development
HeXen: Edge of Chaos

[Mayareira]

Lol, adobe hits back via LA Times full page ad.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...13111WC006.jpg