There has been a lot of buzz about how Adobe has “Killed Flash on Mobile”. This is not true.
- Flash on mobile is being focused to make APPS. Adobe will focus on HCJ (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) for mobile browsers.
- The current Flash plugin is still supported on mobile including security updates so any legacy content on mobile devices will continue to work. Adobe will not be developing future plugin versions on mobile.
BACKGROUND
In general, the mobile browser is for looking at things and mobile apps are for doing things. Flash is great for making apps. HCJ is fine for presentation and animation on the browser. Flash would have been fine as well if you discount legacy pages that were not designed for mobile and of course if all platforms supported it.
If you would like to read more of a background on the split between browsers and apps on mobile and the differences between Flash and HCJ, then please read my earlier post:
https://danzen.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/flash-and-hcj-html-css-and-javascript/
ADOBE
Adobe has clearly stated that it is focusing Flash-on-mobile for making APPS in articles such as these:
http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2011/11/focusing.html
http://mikechambers.com/blog/2011/11/11/clarifications-on-flash…
EXAMPLES
Here is a recent post about three mobile apps that Dan Zen has just launched that are made with Flash and Flash Builder:
https://danzen.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/swoodle-wavy-tada/
SOME COOL FLASH SITES
Flash remains on browsers on desktop and if indeed the plugin architecture fades on desktop, there is AIR for desktop apps which will support Flash. Also, there are experiments in streaming Flash interactive content to browsers without the use of plugins which would be ready I am sure by any demise of desktop/laptop browser plugins. Below is a link to some excellent Flash experiences should you need a more positive reminder of what we can build.
http://www.thefwa.com/article/30-flash-sites-that-school-html5
Or click the icons below (thanks FWA for the compilation!):
Dan Zen 
November 15, 2011 at 12:02 am |
One more thing to add… Standards are okay… but if you just have standards, you lose pace in advancement. So think of Flash as research. Now of course others should be free to research too – and to be paid for that research. You can’t advance the world on open source and standards. That is your follow up. You need to provide reward for invention and exploration. You may have heard that it is difficult to design by committee. We need Adobe and Flash and the likes, forging ahead trying new things. These then get adopted into standards later. Mike Chambers describes how this process has been happening in the past with Flash and HTML.
May 23, 2013 at 2:30 am |
http://reycogames.com/main/as3-devs-first-html5-game