13 Apr 2010

The Flash Wars, begun they have.

With all due respect to "Yoda" (and Lucasfilm LTD. Inc. etc ... ) Wow. What a week. Apple is putting down Adobe. Adobe tries to release new software. People continue to criticize Flash. All for what? Because Flash won't run on the iPhone OS? Because Apple is blocking Adobe from authoring iPhone OS apps?
 
I hope those fans of both companies take a higher ground. No, I am not going to get rid of my MacBook Pro. No, I am not going to give up my Flash Professional software. I love them both. If you are in my situations 95% of my audience uses Windows anyway. Do I care if Flash won't work on the iPad? No. That is not my audiance. I suppose if it were I would care, but my client is too big to change to something like the "Pad".
 
So, a word of advice for Flash developers; don't fret. There are still a billion machines out there that "will" run your code. In the meantime, I am getting an iPad ... just for fun.