Adobe confirms: no Flash for Chrome on Android
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Adobe confirms: no Flash for Chrome on Android
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Re: Adobe confirms: no Flash for Chrome on Android
#2Thank God.
Re: Adobe confirms: no Flash for Chrome on Android
#3Didn't Adobe already say that they will no longer develop Flash for mobile devices – so isn't this kind of self-evident?
Re: Adobe confirms: no Flash for Chrome on Android
#4I have a Galaxy Nexus, and I know this will be an unpopular opinion, but I find Flash works pretty well on the device.
Granted, I only use it for video content on sites like the BBC, but the underlying functionality is fine.
I don't think Flash has a future on mobile devices, but HTML5-based solutions aren't up to scratch for general use yet, so I don't think Adobe should throw in the towel just yet.
Re: Adobe confirms: no Flash for Chrome on Android
#5Thank God.
Why? Can you present a coherent argument against enabling flash that isn't just "I don't want to use it so nobody else should be allowed to"?
Re: Adobe confirms: no Flash for Chrome on Android
#6Thank God.
Why? Can you present a coherent argument against enabling flash that isn't just "I don't want to use it so nobody else should be allowed to"?
Isn't there an extent to which forced deprecation of software like Flash might hasten the uptake of newer technologies like HTML5?
Fortunately iOS already did most of this on its own. But reduced support can always encourage more websites to move to HTML5.
Re: Adobe confirms: no Flash for Chrome on Android
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why? Can you present a coherent argument against enabling flash that isn't just "I don't want to use it so nobody else should be allowed to"?
Isn't there an extent to which forced deprecation of software like Flash might hasten the uptake of newer technologies like HTML5? Fortunately iOS already did most of this on its own. But reduced support can always encourage more websites to move to HTML5.
As much as I'd like to see HTML5 pushed for interactive content, it's not there yet. I can tell whenever Youtube gives me the HTML player because everything breaks. Apple's webplayer is even worse. I think the only good experience I've had with an HTML5 video player is on The Verge, and half the comments complain about it so it probably just works well on Chrome.
I think Flash still has a place in the current web, while we work on getting HTML up to snuff.
Re: Adobe confirms: no Flash for Chrome on Android
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why? Can you present a coherent argument against enabling flash that isn't just "I don't want to use it so nobody else should be allowed to"?
Isn't there an extent to which forced deprecation of software like Flash might hasten the uptake of newer technologies like HTML5? Fortunately iOS already did most of this on its own. But reduced support can always encourage more websites to move to HTML5.
Fortunately iOS already did most of this on its own.
By pushing everyone to apps? iOS is no shepherd in the movement to standardized, cross-platform solutions. It is probably the greatest setback the open web has faced in over a decade.
Re: Adobe confirms: no Flash for Chrome on Android
#9Didn't Adobe already say that they will no longer develop Flash for mobile devices – so isn't this kind of self-evident?
two nitpicks: one, they're still supporting you developing mobile apps with Flash. two, they seemed to be hinting that their partners (i.e. Google in this case) would be allowed to take over development if they wished to. It seems Google don't want to (can't link directly to the relevant answer but search this page for Flash):