Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Adobe Flash vs. HTML5
Flash has been around for awhile now. It allows web browsers to display rich, dynamic and interactive content such as audio, video and SVG (scalable vector graphics) used for games and other interactive graphics applications. It has the capability of producing websites such as Moodstream and Monoface.
HTML5 is a further development of the HTML coding language that will be bringing web developers the ability to simply code what Flash has been able to do without purchasing the Adobe software. Some of the newer abilities being brought into HTML5 are: canvas, canvas text, video embedding, local storage and geolocation. These and more are explained in chapter 2 of Dive Into HTML5, an online booklet by Mark Pilgrim.
Apple decided to push HTML5 forward by not having Flash run on their iPhones, iPads, or iPods. I recently read Apple CEO, Steve Jobs' thoughts on Flash that he submitted in April of this year. My first thoughts were: Didn't Bill Gates get in trouble for making it difficult for other web browsers to run on Windows machines because they were bundled with Internet Explorer, thereby restricting the market for competing web browsers? Yes, yes he did. Isn't Steve Jobs' and Apple's refusal to run Flash on their mobile machines essentially the same thing? I think so. And won't HTML5's capabilities render Apple's QuickTime useless as well?
I personally think Flash has a long lifespan ahead of it due to one main reason: Apple products cost too much. Sure it would be nice to own a Mac or an iPod, but guess what, I can't afford one. I purchased a 30 GB Microsoft Zune several years ago for about $80. Right now, you can't even get an 8 GB iPod nano for less than $129. What is the percentage of people, not only in North America, that actually own an Apple product? How many people is the Flash/HTML5 war would really going to effect?
Now that I've written the above, I realized that I should have read all of our required articles before beginning to write. I am referring to a news announcement from this past Friday (09/10/2010) stating: Apple loosens its chokehold on app development. Here is the original Apple posting. Apparently Apple has heard the cries of the masses of web developers and will be allowing developers to use Flash to create apps for their products. There is a tool, in Flash, to convert apps to run on the Apple platform. And there was much rejoicing.
Additional links required reading for this assignment:
Steve Jobs on Flash: Astoundingly Hypocritical
HTLM5 vs. Flash: Who will own the web's interactive future?
HTML5 is a further development of the HTML coding language that will be bringing web developers the ability to simply code what Flash has been able to do without purchasing the Adobe software. Some of the newer abilities being brought into HTML5 are: canvas, canvas text, video embedding, local storage and geolocation. These and more are explained in chapter 2 of Dive Into HTML5, an online booklet by Mark Pilgrim.
Apple decided to push HTML5 forward by not having Flash run on their iPhones, iPads, or iPods. I recently read Apple CEO, Steve Jobs' thoughts on Flash that he submitted in April of this year. My first thoughts were: Didn't Bill Gates get in trouble for making it difficult for other web browsers to run on Windows machines because they were bundled with Internet Explorer, thereby restricting the market for competing web browsers? Yes, yes he did. Isn't Steve Jobs' and Apple's refusal to run Flash on their mobile machines essentially the same thing? I think so. And won't HTML5's capabilities render Apple's QuickTime useless as well?
I personally think Flash has a long lifespan ahead of it due to one main reason: Apple products cost too much. Sure it would be nice to own a Mac or an iPod, but guess what, I can't afford one. I purchased a 30 GB Microsoft Zune several years ago for about $80. Right now, you can't even get an 8 GB iPod nano for less than $129. What is the percentage of people, not only in North America, that actually own an Apple product? How many people is the Flash/HTML5 war would really going to effect?
Now that I've written the above, I realized that I should have read all of our required articles before beginning to write. I am referring to a news announcement from this past Friday (09/10/2010) stating: Apple loosens its chokehold on app development. Here is the original Apple posting. Apparently Apple has heard the cries of the masses of web developers and will be allowing developers to use Flash to create apps for their products. There is a tool, in Flash, to convert apps to run on the Apple platform. And there was much rejoicing.
Additional links required reading for this assignment:
Steve Jobs on Flash: Astoundingly Hypocritical
HTLM5 vs. Flash: Who will own the web's interactive future?
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Emerging Technologies class 2
During the summer semester I took Intro to Website Development. It was an 8-week course and I learned HTML and CSS. Since that class was so short, I am glad for this class that will take an entire semester in which I can really absorb this information. I expect to get really familiar with HTML and CSS coding to build upon my previous learning. I also expect to improve upon the site that I made as my final project for the website development class. That site can be found here. I'm not sure how long the teacher will have our sites up, but it's there as of today.
I'm also interested in learning more about social media. I will be attending a conference in October that will cover how churches use social media.
The site I want to develop is a continuation of my portfolio site that I made this summer. I really like the look of it so far, but I feel that it really needs improvement.
Some sites that I really like are:
Smashing Magazine
Adobe TV
infinitcolours
I'm also interested in learning more about social media. I will be attending a conference in October that will cover how churches use social media.
The site I want to develop is a continuation of my portfolio site that I made this summer. I really like the look of it so far, but I feel that it really needs improvement.
Some sites that I really like are:
Smashing Magazine
Adobe TV
infinitcolours
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