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From: Nancy on 2 Mar 2010 13:59 On 3/1/2010 7:52 PM, zoara wrote: > Nancy<me231(a)privacy.com> wrote: >> On 3/1/2010 3:48 AM, Mark wrote >>> Someone mentioned on another thread (or posted a link mentioning >>> it), that it >>> was due to Flash being a mainly an "interactive"(?) thing, needing >>> mouseovers/hovers and suchlike for much of its usability - something >>> you >>> couldn't do on the iPhone anyway. >> >> Adobe will be releasing a flash plugin for Android 2Q this year, so if >> the mouseovers/hovers thing is currently an issue for flash on mobile >> phone platforms, I don't think it will continue to be a problem much >> longer. >> > > Contrary to popular belief, a touchscreen can handle mouseovers and > hovers, but I can't remember how. I think it has something to do with > flash content having to be double-tapped to bring it full screen before > you can interact. > > It's worth noting that initial reports suggest that running Flash video > reduces the battery life of a typical device (I think it was a Nexus > One) down to two hours, compared to the seven hours running native > video. That seems quite a lot... > > -z- > > You are completely right about flash sucking the life out of any device battery it touches, as well as the poor performance. But until the spec is released, html5 is not ready for prime time with the different levels of support for it depending on which browser you are using. So for now we are stuck with flash. Which leaves me looking forward to html5 very much!
From: Peter Ceresole on 2 Mar 2010 14:06 Nancy <me231(a)privacy.com> wrote: > Android uses webkit for it's browser and has flash support coming soon. > Chrome and Safari (both developed deom webkit too) have flash support, > so obviously flash can be made to work with webkit based browsers. Oh sure, it certainly can as I use it in Safari 4.0.4. My question really was about whether webkit dependent content, like HTML5, would run on many existing browsers, and it looks as though it will, with however the rather important exception of IE and Firefox. I imagine they might be made compatible pretty quickly- certainly Firefox. Not sure about IE- it depends on how much M$ drag their feet. -- Peter
From: Peter Ceresole on 2 Mar 2010 14:57 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Thinking of changing your name to `God', are you Peter? Well of course I don't need to do that. -- Peter
From: Rowland McDonnell on 2 Mar 2010 15:22 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > Peter Ceresole said: [snip] > > But then remember the history. Without DRM at the start, they wouldn't > > have been able to reach agreement with the music publishers, so I'm glad > > they did it. > > The impressive part was the way the music publishers *required* Apple > to lock customers into the iTunes ecosystem. The music firms didn't understand what they were doing. They saw: "copy prevention tech = what we demand" and that's all they could understand. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 2 Mar 2010 15:46
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > Thinking of changing your name to `God', are you Peter? > > Well of course I don't need to do that. If that was a joke, I'm smiling. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |