HTML5 Continuing to Gain Ground With Yahoo! Mail for iPad, Vimeo Embedding

[Eidorian]

Recall, in the hardware game, it's memory and compatibility knowledge that counts. That and maybe perhaps brand awareness... so in that sense I bow to you.

It's good to have a broad view. There are plenty of lesser known brands that don't participate in the regular propaganda war.

 

[DMann]

I think Apple pulled the trigger too soon with the Floppy, but it all came out in the wash.

This, which happened to be a driving force in accelerating the adoption of CD and DVD drives, may have been timely, after all.

The benefits of Apple's exclusion of Flash in favor of HTML 5 are evident, as it's already made a positive impact on the web browsing experience for mobile devices.

Of significance, this already seems to have awakened Adobe into making more rigorous efforts, in this arena.

Regardless, HTML 5, being non-proprietory, is more favorable, in the long-run.

Will they co-exist in the future?

We'll just have to wait and see.

 

[res1233]

The only problem I have with HTML5 replacing Flash is that at least I can use plug-ins like Flashblock to avoid annoying animated ads right now. If they're re-coded into HTML5, will it still be possible to avoid them?

The simple answer is, yes, any code can be avoided, such as the <video> tag. People who blocked flash before HTML5 were essentially doing that anyway... But there are plenty other tags to be considered besides that one, and to block them all would pretty much be reverting your browser back to HTML4 with a few remnants of HTML5... So, it could work, but the blocking of tags would have to be conditional.

 

[Žalgiris]

Flash is dead. Suck it up.

 

[Brewstermax]

Anyone remember the floppy disk? "Oh, the iMac will never take off. No floppy drive? And WTF is USB?" Right... History tends to repeat itself.

 

[DeepIn2U]

Why do you believe Flash has to lose for HTML5 to win ? Kinda reminds me of someone else that once said "Microsoft doesn't have to lose for Apple to win".

Again, Google are doing as much if not more than Apple to push HTML5 into the mainstream. The fact that they are not doing it by sacrificing Flash is besides the point. If HTML5 is truly better, it will win out. In the end, the consumers win by having the choice of using the right tool for the right job.

EDIT : Like pointed out earlier :

http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/



So both you and LagunaSol need to apologize here. Google is in fact working hard on HTML5. Much harder than Apple is.

Your forget Ian Hickson is JUST the Editor of that linked document. BOTH Ian from Google and a representative at Apple are working, have created, and are pushing HTML5 since day one.

 

[leroypants]

Flash is dead. Suck it up.

Keep drinking the apple flavored kool-aid.

 

[skeep5]

Flash is dead. Suck it up.

Stop yelling!