Flash and battery drain - another reason iPhone lacks Adobe's proprietary format?

[shigzeo]

Well, I really doubt (and hope) Flash support will be absent hitherto to today and from here on out. There are many political advantages to a Flashless internet and mobile device base, but there is also the video issue. WIFI already drags a fair bit on mobile phones, but as Daring Fireball pointed out, the Nexus One, which is supposed to catch 7 hours of video, drops to 3 when Flash is decoding H.264 video.

Hard to say really. The drop in battery time is significant, but while John Gruber reckons it is Flash, I reckon WiFi is doing most of it. Still, no flash is a good world. Of course, at the moment, HTML 5, the web standard can do pretty much all that Flash can, but lacks the dev tools to assist webmasters who aren't gifted in scripting and coding every little thing. For HTML 5.0 to assume its rightful place and proprietary tech to cool down, the masses need to be able to harness the power. When will that moment come?

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[NineSwords]

I guess we will see far more HTML5 some time after Adobe releases CS5.

Personally I'm very exited for CS5 and I hope I can convince my boss that we really NEED the upgrade. Or that at least I need the upgrade. On the other hand, I'm concearned about the fact that it will be a 64bit only app and theres no 64 bit quicktime. But I'm derailing the thread. So back to topic.

[VejOut]

I think it will be at least a year if not more before HTML5 really becomes any sort of standard. HTML5 books aren't even out yet (at least not that I've found) but are coming very soon. So, if Apple is holding out for HTML5 instead of putting Flash on it's devices, then all iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad users will be S.O.L.

I have to confirm that Flash "can" be a processor hog, but that's all in the development of the Flash object. Problem is that not everyone developing in Flash will take the time to test that and make the changes needed to reduce the processor churn.

[shigzeo]

Well, whether or not HTML is going to see big time soon - it is the standard bearer while FLASH is just due to its ubiquity, the de facto standard. You are right though and it could be longer than a year. But Adobe has not made a stable flash for OSX and therefore, iPhone. There is no way Apple will allow FLASH use on the iPhone when it doesn't rely reliably on the Mac.

My Safari crashes once a day if I am using FLASH heavy websites. Horrid quality control and Adobe need to fix it.

[mrholder]

I'm in the process of learning Flash, but probably need to switch heavily into learning HTML 5 in the near future. There are few designers in our area who are proficient in Flash/actionscript, and there's a big need for it in the business community. Hopefully HTML 5 will be somewhat easier to get a grasp on. Good to know that HTML 5 will be better battery life.

[shigzeo]

The rabbit trail goes further: Flash on Android 2.2 (God bless it) is s-s-slow.