Comments on: Web 2.0 Talk: HTML5 vs. Flash

By: Nacron

Nacron — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:48:55 +0000

Jeff i think it is allways good to know how to program even as a designer. When you do user centered design and Information Architectures you do almost the same as in OOP you plan your software. And learning the syntax of a language is like learning a language and as a designer you need to know your language very very well. This is because design is 60 % or more about communication. I think all the talk about openness is good and the pressure on adobe leads them to good decisions (like the open source releases), but web standarts are only good when they are available. You can do things in Actionscript that are not possible in HTML5 for now. Maybe in 2 or 3 years if all the browser developers have done their best to implement it and especially microsoft.
And curly braces colons and symbols are in Javascript too and if you want to built interactive applications in HTML5 you have to use Javascript. Which is also Object Oriented…
Also from a designer point of view, they are really happy to change their designs in Photoshop or Illustrator push a button and get the site running whithout writing one line of html and css, which looks the same on every browser.
Cheers
Nacron

By: oJeff Clark

oJeff Clark — Tue, 18 May 2010 09:22:03 +0000

Good for you, Eric.
Many years ago I thought Flash was on its way out; then came Flash Video.
ActionScript 3.0 is a slap in the face to Web designers. Whereas CSS and HTML are easy enough for a right-brained person to grasp, Flash (and all Adobe products) have added so many features that they’re almost unusable.
I appreciate OOP and respect those who can do it, but brackets, curly braces, colons, and !@#$%^&*() symbols belong in application programming, not Web design.

By: Rob T

Rob T — Wed, 12 May 2010 10:06:50 +0000

Youtube video looks great. I can’t believe that only 6 people raised their hands for Flash!

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 11 May 2010 03:20:07 +0000

It’s interesting that this topic comes up at a time when I’m slated to begin a Adobe Flash class at my school towards the end of the month. I really liked your take or more correctly, your unbiased view on the Flash – HTML5 war. My personal learning focus has been mainly towards “open” technologies such as JavaScript, PHP/SQL, etc. At this point I’m not sure if I’ll really worry too much about adding action script to the list, yet.

By: allister klingensmith

allister klingensmith — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:21:39 +0000

relevant in a way to html5 v flash in that it applies to the h.264 as “open” debate – http://www.osnews.com/story/23236/Why_Our_Civilization_s_Video_Art_and_Culture_is_Threatened_by_the_MPEG-LA