When you look around the web on your iPhone, there are some pages that are sometimes completely displayed.When a blue logo is displayed in a large blank, it means that the technology called Flash is used in the blank part and is not displayed on the iPhone.
Flash is often used when you want to keep your web page moving on the animation and video display techniques developed by Adobe in the United States.The iPhone does not support this flash.
There were not so many users who tried to look around the web on a small iPhone screen, so flashing on the iPhone was not so problematic.However, the iPad released by Apple in rice has a large screen, so there is a need to use it like a normal computer.So I started to focus on Apple's non -flash compatibility.
Why is Apple not compatible with Flash?
AppleのCEOであるスティーブ・ジョブズ氏が、Flashの悪口を言っているという話があちらこちらから聞こえてきた（関連記事：ジョブズ氏がFlashをこき下ろしたという情報再び）Jobs said, "If you use Flash, the battery will decrease faster, and you can only use an iPad that can be used for 10 hours in one charge," and "PC problems often cause flash."He criticized.
Adobe's Flash staff started hitting his anger on his blog, with Apple and Jobs's attitude toward FLASH.(Related article: The web experience of the iPad that is not compatible with Flash is not "the best" = criticized by Adobe employees as an example)
As the tongue fight was intense, Adobe began to approach Microsoft and Google.Both Microsoft and Google are in a hurry to develop competition models to wait for Apple, who wins alone on smartphones.The enemy of the enemy is an ally.(Related article: "Flash crispy with Android" = ADOBE blog is ironic to Apple, three features, Windows Phone 7, and three issues, if not on the iPhone, put flash on Windows Phone = Adobe Developer)
As ADOBE's Flash staff points out, there are many web pages equipped with Flash.Will users who want to see a complete web page move away from the iPhone or iPad?Or will the number of websites to stop equipping FLASH before the unwavering popularity of iPhone and iPad will increase?
I don't know which one will win yet, but Virgin American Airlines stopped using Flash when the site was renewed.Some vendors provide technologies to replace Flash have begun to appear.(Related article: US Airlines site deletes flash. The influence of iPhone, it is okay to have no flash on the iPad = Brightcove replaces with HTML5 video [Yukawa])
Under these circumstances, Adobe has finally stopped developing Flash for iPhone."Adobe has accepted Apple's declaration of war," said Los Angeles Times.(Related article: Adobe Finally, FLASH development for iPhone = "Appeal for declaration of war" [Yukawa]).There is also information that Adobe has begun preparing for Apple complaint.However, this has not yet been concrete.(Related article: The patience bag has been cut off? Adobe finally goes to Apple complaint = ITWROLD [Yukawa])
On the other hand, Google's basic software (OS) "Android" is version 2.It has been revealed from 2 to support Flash.The Android mobile phone, which will be released after this fall, seems to be completely displayed.This is likely to be a major point in differentiation from the iPhone.(Related article: Android2.Full support for flash from 2 = NY Times [Yukawa])
Jobs, who had been preparing for this in this case, uploaded his public letter on the net.Mygengo translates it full -text, so I quoted it.Thank you, mygengo
I wanted to write down our thoughts on our Adobe's Flash products so that customers and critics do not have iPhone, iPod, and iPad to better understand the flash.Adobe states that our decision is mainly for business reasons.They say we want to protect the App Store.But in fact, the reason for technology is the reason.Adobe claims to be a closed system and says that Flash is open.But the opposite is actually true.Let's explain.
The reasons not equipped with Flash are as follows.
・ Open
Adobe's Flash product is a 100%monopoly product.You can only purchase from Adobe, and only Adobe has the only authority regarding future functions and price setting.Flash is a closed system.
・ Most sites can be seen without flash
Adobe has repeatedly stated that 75%of videos on the web are from Flash, so Apple's mobile devices cannot access "complete webs".Of these, almost all videos are new formats..You can see it with 264, and you can watch it on your iPhone, iPod, and iPad.
・ Reliability, security, performance
By adding Flash, we don't want to impair our iPhone, iPod, and iPad's reliability and security.
・ Battery life
H on the iPhone.The 264 videos can be played for up to 10 hours, but if you play the software decoded for 5 hours, the battery will be completely lost.
·touch screen
Flash is designed for a PC that uses a mouse, not a touch screen that uses fingers.Most flash websites need to be rebuilt to support touch -based equipment
・ I don't want to give the initiative to the third party
We know through painful experiences that software third -party intervening between platforms and developers will eventually create sub -standard apps, which will result in the enhancement and progress of platforms.We can't determine whether our developers can use the enhanced platform and when they can be used.
That's Jobs's view.In response, Adobe's CEO Shantanu Narayen argues in response to an interview with Wall Street Journal.
"Adobe and Apple have different worldviews" "Adobe is a multi -platform."
Narayen's claim is that the iPhone, the iPad is a closed system, and the developers must develop another version of the same app for the iPhone and other models.
For more information, ENGADGET has been an article.
According to NARAYEN CEO, the developer must have a double workflow due to Apple's cross compiler regulations, and that it will be a burden.Regarding the fact that Flash frequently crashes on a Mac, "Apple's OS is the cause."FLASH says that the battery is consumed "obviously mistakes", and it has to disclose information so that hardware acceleration can be used, and it has been realized on the Mac.Regarding the criticism that Flash is not open, he said, "I think it's strange to say that it is open. Flash is an open specification."He pointed out whether an iPhone that cannot be released without permission is open.
It is hard to know which is correct, but even as these conflicts continue, technological innovation that eliminates Flash is progressing.
Steve Jobs argues that if HTML, the notation language of the web page, is revised into version 5, it would be okay without Flash.This HTML5 is a standard that promotes Google as well as Apple.Microsoft has recently pushed HTML5 support to the front.
TechCrunch reports in an article that Microsoft is in the future of Apple and Google. "The future of the web is HTML5."
"The future of the web is HTML5", Microsoft's IE General Manager Dean Hachamovitch writes in a blog post about the web video:Microsoft will continue to support Flash, but HTML5 and Flash are not good friends.If Microsoft set HTML5 in the future, the designer of the website will be large and will be released from Flash.
In this blog post, Microsoft is H in the HTML5 video.It is clearly written that it is a plan to support only 264 codecs.Flash players are now H.Supports 264, but H.If the 264 video increases in the world, it can be played as it is with an HTML5 browser such as IE9, Safari, and Chrome, so Flash players will not need more.
▼ In the investigation related to antitrust law?
The US New York Post reports that the U.S. government could start an antitrust law on Apple.(TECH WAVE: Apple is investigated for the antitrust law? = NY POST paper)
In response to this report, Wall Street Journal paper also interviewed and wrote an article with the same content.(TECH WAVE: U.S. government goes to preliminary surveys for antitrust law = WSJ paper [Yukawa])
▼ Is Apple developing Flash alternative technology?CNET article "Apple, developing products to replace" Flash " - US report: News - CNET JAPAN"
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