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From: Dorian Gray on 30 Apr 2010 04:42 <http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/> His six thoughts on why Apple don't, and will not, use Flash on mobile devices: " First, there�s 'Open'. Second, there�s the 'full web'. Third, there�s reliability, security and performance. Fourth, there�s battery life. Fifth, there�s Touch. Sixth, the most important reason [not having a third party layer of software between the platform and the developer]. "
From: Duncan Kennedy on 30 Apr 2010 05:59 Dorian Gray <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> wrote: > <http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/> > > His six thoughts on why Apple don't, and will not, use Flash on mobile > devices: > > " > First, there's 'Open'. > Second, there's the 'full web'. > Third, there's reliability, security and performance. > Fourth, there's battery life. > Fifth, there's Touch. > Sixth, the most important reason [not having a third party layer of > software between the platform and the developer]. > " Wonder what his thoughts are when, if you download the MS WMV plug-in for QuickTime you get Silverlight plug-in too, with no very obvious chance to say no. -- duncank
From: Chris Ridd on 30 Apr 2010 06:27 On 2010-04-30 10:59:47 +0100, Duncan Kennedy said: > Dorian Gray <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> wrote: > >> <http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/> >> >> His six thoughts on why Apple don't, and will not, use Flash on mobile >> devices: >> >> " >> First, there's 'Open'. >> Second, there's the 'full web'. >> Third, there's reliability, security and performance. >> Fourth, there's battery life. >> Fifth, there's Touch. >> Sixth, the most important reason [not having a third party layer of >> software between the platform and the developer]. >> " > > Wonder what his thoughts are when, if you download the MS WMV plug-in > for QuickTime you get Silverlight plug-in too, with no very obvious > chance to say no. The WMV plugin is not from Apple, so I'm not sure why he'd think anything about it in particular! There's a reasonably obvious big socking notice at the start of the Flip4Mac installer saying do a customize if you don't want Silverlight. -- Chris
From: Dorian Gray on 30 Apr 2010 07:11 In article <D.Gray-673936.09420030042010(a)nntp-serv.cam.ac.uk>, Dorian Gray <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> wrote: > <http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/> A "translation" of the letter: <http://www.esarcasm.com/13913/steve-jobs-apple-adobe-letter/>
From: Chris Ridd on 30 Apr 2010 08:59
On 2010-04-30 12:11:21 +0100, Dorian Gray said: > In article <D.Gray-673936.09420030042010(a)nntp-serv.cam.ac.uk>, > Dorian Gray <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> wrote: > >> <http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/> > > A "translation" of the letter: > <http://www.esarcasm.com/13913/steve-jobs-apple-adobe-letter/> The letter's also been converted into Flash: <http://topherchris.com/post/558594718> -- Chris |