Adobe to End Development on Flash-to-iPhone Compiler in Wake of Apple License Change

[Max(IT)]

Do you really think my 4 and a half year old girl gives a **** about CPU cycles? All she wants is a website that me, my wife and she can enjoy and that's what they provide.

Does this make "Disney's website is one of the world' worst designed site." as you put it earlier? My daughter can navigate round it fine (as i said before) which is testament to a well designed site if you ask me.

if you deny that navigate into the Disney's website is a pain in the ass because of the huge amount of Flash animations, you are simply denying the facts.
The simple act of loading a single page takes about twice the time

Ok, your daughter can navigate it, so what ?

 

[Max(IT)]

Might be a bit dull for children.

why ? You can have animations and interactive menus using HTML5 as well ....

 

[ct2k7]

why ? You can have animations and interactive menus using HTML5 as well ....

Out of all I've seen, none of them look as pleasing or as interactive as Flash animations. Don't forget that all of them aren't working in all browsers.

Anyway, why are we talking about Adobe Flash, web component, when the thread is clearly concerning the application coding intra portability?

 

[Hal Itosis]

I was responding to Max(IT)'s panning of Disney's website for "Disney's website is one of the world' worst designed site."

'Who you responded to' (in this case) does not automatically provide any inherent isolation or protection for 'what you responded with'. Your words implied that —since Disney's site was targeted at children —it is perfectly acceptable for its Flash-filled pages to suck every possible CPU cycle available, thereby unnecessarily overheating the client computer and draining its battery. [I don't even have to prove those things actually happen, since your statement itself implies that —so long as the user isn't acutely aware of those consequences, then —such things (if true) don't really matter anyway.]

I even quoted the text in my last post. Reading compression fail?

I don't see any (other than yours perhaps). Bytor65's humorous summary was well within context.


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Anyway, why are we talking about Adobe Flash, web component, when the thread is clearly concerning the application coding intra portability?

Many (myself included) have made that observation earlier. It's hopeless. I'd estimate around 60% of the posts in this thread are similarly off target. Most likely it's because more users than developers hang out here (and most users don't draw that distinction). Once a tangent gets going, it's hard not to join in the fray.

 

[ChazUK]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_1_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7E18 Safari/528.16)

I was responding to Max(IT)'s panning of Disney's website for "Disney's website is one of the world' worst designed site."

'Who you responded to' (in this case) does not automatically provide any inherent isolation or protection for 'what you responded with'. Your words implied that —since Disney's site was targeted at children —it is perfectly acceptable for its Flash-filled pages to suck every possible CPU cycle available, thereby unnecessarily overheating the client computer and draining its battery. [I don't even have to prove those things actually happen, since your statement itself implies that —so long as the user isn't acutely aware of those consequences, then —such things (if true) don't really matter anyway.]

I even quoted the text in my last post. Reading compression fail?

I don't see any (other than yours perhaps). Bytor65's humorous summary was well within context.


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Anyway, why are we talking about Adobe Flash, web component, when the thread is clearly concerning the application coding intra portability?

Many (myself included) have made that observation earlier. It's hopeless. I'd estimate around 60% of the posts in this thread are similarly off target. Most likely it's because more users than developers hang out here (and most users don't draw that distinction). Once a tangent gets going, it's hard not to join in the fray.

I fail to see anythng wrong with the design of disneys site. Max is complaining about load times and CPU cycles on a site which was designed primarily for children.

Yes, flash can be a **** for those that are on a laptop using OSX or Linux when on a laptop as any excessive CPU cycles will lead to heat generation and higher battery use but I doubt there are many children using a Macbook Pro whilst visiting the Disney website playing games for preschool or young children.

Unless we have a slew adults who get the urge to play Handy Manny whilst using their MacBooks when travelling, how is it "one of the world'(sic) worst designed site(sic)?"

Please don't confuse my faith in what the disney website provides my family as Adobe fanboyism. I love open platforms so would kill for a truly open and capable platform to compete against flash.

 

[MorphingDragon]

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Who cares? Disney ruined cartoons.