The Future of Flash a Hot Topic at HTML5视频峰会, SMW
Without doubt, topic number one at this week's HTML5视频峰会 和 流媒体西部 conferences in Los Angeles was Adobe's decision to discontinue Flash播放器 support on mobile devices.
Adobe's announcement came in the middle of both events. With little in the way of explanation from Adobe, conference speakers 和 attendees were left to speculate on the reasons.
Shortly before his second day HTML5视频峰会 panel entitled "Comparing Video Delivered with HTML5, Flash播放器, 和Silverlight,——罗伯特·莱因哈特, 的创始人 VideoRx.com, 在推特上 that "My session today at #SMWest will be presented in light of" the previous evening's news.
The audience was so eager for Flash 信息 that Reinhardt took the microphone 10 minutes before his session started to offer his thoughts. Adobe, he noted, was a platinum sponsor for both the HTML5视频峰会 和 流媒体西部. (That didn't help the organizers get info from the tight-lipped Adobe representatives.)
The Adobe public relations team, Reinhardt suggested, had "contextualized" the news poorly.
Flash may be fleeing the mobile market, but Reinhardt doesn't see it fading from the desktop any time soon.
"Flash is going to be around for the foreseeable future,他说.
While developers will eventually gravitate to HTML5, Reinhardt believes the transition will be a slow one.
Too many of his clients, 莱因哈特说, see reaching HTML5 audiences as a cure-all or a B和-Aid. 然而,, HTML5 is missing key features, such as alpha channel masking for transparencies, 嵌入式提示点, 和 support for subtitles 和 captions. HTML5 video also doesn't offer an immersive full-screen experience.
Web developers are currently in a transition mode, 莱因哈特指出, 和 will have to support more than one technology to reach their entire audience. HTML5 developers are only now starting to learn from their mistakes, he offered.
The HTML5 video tag is a good thing for smartphones 和 other mobile devices, 莱因哈特说, bringing basic video capabilities. It lacks the ability to create an immersive experience, which is less of an issue on a phone. It also lacks adaptive streaming out-of-the-box. 莱因哈特说 that supporting video on a BlackBerry is a chore.
"BlackBerry continues to be the bane of my existence,他说, adding that he's waiting for the devices to go away.
As for comparing streaming formats, 莱因哈特说 that both Flash 和Silverlight create immersive experiences, work with fluctuating b和width, 和 offer content protection. Their only minus is that they aren't supported on all mobile platforms.
For more on Adobe's decision, read Jan Ozer's Adobe to Discontinue Flash on Mobile Devices.
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