Steve Jobs Says I Told You So: Adobe Found Critical Flaw In Flash
Apple has previously posted a memo from Steve Jobs regarding Flash. In a nutshell, the Apple CEO says Flash is unreliability, insecure and has low performance. And he did not want developers to use Flash tools to develop sub-standard iPhone, iPad apps.
Now Adobe finally revealed that there is a critical flaw in Flash. The critical vulnerability could let attackers take control of people’s computers. No official patch to fix the problem yet.
Apparently Google also hates flash. From SFGate: Google, at the end of the day, also hates Flash. Running an all flash environment is SEO death. Flash websites are simply too complicated for Google’s spiders to actually understand. Google sees the internet primarily in text – flash, and other scripts are ignored.
Will we see the end of Flash soon? We think so, just like DOS, floppy disks and cassette tapes.
Apple Steve Jobs Reveals Adobe Cast The First Stone On Flash Fiasco
Apple CEO Steve Jobs now revealed that he did not begin the long-running feud with Adobe over Flash. He only did so when Adobe started to raise the stink.
Steve Jobs said: We didn’t start off to have a war with Flash, or anything else. We just made a technical decision that we weren’t gonna put the energy into getting Flash on our platform. We told Adobe, if you ever have this thing running fast, let us know, which they never did. It wasn’t until we shipped the iPad and it didn’t use Flash that Adobe started to raise a stink about it.
Steve also declared the end of the post PC era with the iPad/tablet overtaking PCs.
Apple has previously posted a memo from Steve Jobs regarding Flash. In a nutshell, the Apple CEO says Flash is unreliability, insecure and has low performance. And he did not want developers to use Flash tools to develop sub-standard iPhone, iPad apps.
Steve said: Flash was created during the PC era—for PCs and mice. The mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open Web standards—all areas where Flash falls short. Adobe should focus more on creating tools for the future and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.
Read the full memo after the jump:
Adobe Venture Into iPad With Magazine Viewer
Apple may have banned Adobe Flash on the iPad tablet, but that did not stop Adobe from creating a new digital viewer technology, aimed to help publishers convert their magazines to an interactive format viewable on portable devices.
Adobe’s new InDesign CS5 layout software can create a digital version of a magazine, and distribute the content packaged with a viewer. The viewer features any number of special effects in navigation, animation, and other user interface features.
The same viewer technology has been used in the yet released iPad version of the Wired magazine. Check out the video.
Adobe Heart Apple Ad Campaign – A Poor Attempt At Getting Support For Flash
Adobe responds to Steve Job’s dislike of Flash with an ad campaign titled “Adobe Love Apple”. It started off nice but end with a stab at Apple with taking away freedom. Let’s face it Adobe, we know you are feeling the heat because they know Flash will soon be replaced by the more future proven HTML 5. And Steve Jobs knows that too. So please give up on Flash!
Adobe Behind Apple Antitrust Complaints?
Officials at the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission are thinking if they will probe Apple new policy which prevents developers Adobe using Flash to create iPhone and iPad apps. Did Adobe tip the Feds off? Most likely since Apple rejected their Flash cross-compiler for iPhone.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs says Flash is unreliability, insecure and has low performance. And he did not want developers to use Flash tools to develop sub-standard iPhone, iPad apps. Why would you want watered down apps to appear on your device?
Steve said: Flash was created during the PC era—for PCs and mice. The mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open Web standards—all areas where Flash falls short. Adobe should focus more on creating tools for the future and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.
What he said is true and please don’t change the SDK agreement and keep giving us quality apps.
Apple Steve Jobs Memo On Adobe Flash – Unfit For iPhone, iPad
Apple has now posted a memo from Steve Jobs regarding Flash. In a nutshell, the Apple CEO says Flash is unreliability, insecure and has low performance. And he did not want developers to use Flash tools to develop sub-standard iPhone, iPad apps.
Steve said: Flash was created during the PC era—for PCs and mice. The mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open Web standards—all areas where Flash falls short. Adobe should focus more on creating tools for the future and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.
Read the full memo after the jump:
Adobe Ditched Closed And Propriety Flash for iPhone, iPad
Adobe is stopping any development of a Flash for iPhone and iPad development tool introduced with its Creative Suite 5. Adobe is claiming that Apple is embracing a closed development. Apple fired back and said they support open standards such as HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and H.264 while Adobe’s Flash is closed and proprietary. How true.
From Adobe Mike Chambers Blog: The primary goal of Flash has always been to enable cross-browser, platform and device development,” Chambers wrote in a blog post. “This is the exact opposite of what Apple wants. They want to tie developers down to their platform, and restrict their options to make it difficult for developers to target other platforms.
Adobe Unleashes Creative Suite 5
Adobe has released Creative Suite 5 collection of professional applications for print, web designers and videographers. The Adobe CS5 product family, includes new versions of 14 products and their associated apps, four new online services, and a brand new interactive Web design product Adobe Flash Catalyst.
From Adobe: By coupling sophisticated online business analytics with dazzling creative tools, we’re ensuring that publishers, designers and marketers can create, deliver and optimize beautiful, high-impact digital experiences across media and devices.
Source: Adobe Unveils Creative Suite 5 Product Family
Adobe’s Fear Of HTML 5
Adobe is having the shakes when it comes to HTML5. Why you may ask? It is because of the iPhone and iPad not supporting flash. Soon we may see Flash being part of history just like floppy drives. Embrace the future Adobe, HTML 5 is gaining traction.
This will surely stop Adobe’s new Flash development tool that compiles Flash apps into native code for the iPhone.
Here is what an employee of Adobe (Lee Brimelow) says about Apple that is now redacted:
Now let me put aside my role as an official representative of Adobe for a moment as I would [like] to make it clear what is going through my mind at the moment. Go screw yourself Apple.
He continue his rant with this:
Many of Adobe’s supporters have mentioned that we should discontinue the Creative Suite products on OS X as a form of retaliation….Personally I will not be giving Apple another cent of my money until there is a leadership change over there. I’ve already moved most of my book, music, and video purchases to Amazon and I will continue to look elsewhere.
This rantings all came from the latest changes to iPhone OS 4 SDK:
Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written in C, C++, and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the Documented APIs (e.g., Applications that link to Documented APIs through an intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited).
Apple’s Steve Job Says Google Evil And Adobe Lazy
As reported on Wired, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs took some time answering questions at the One Infinite Loop after the big event. Questions about Google and Adobe were thrown at Steve and here is how he answered it.
About Google: We did not enter the search business, Jobs said. They entered the phone business. Make no mistake they want to kill the iPhone. We won’t let them, he says. This don’t be evil mantra: “It’s bullshit.”
About Adobe: They are lazy, Jobs says. They have all this potential to do interesting things but they just refuse to do it. They don’t do anything with the approaches that Apple is taking, like Carbon. Apple does not support Flash because it is so buggy, he says. Whenever a Mac crashes more often than not it’s because of Flash. No one will be using Flash, he says. The world is moving to HTML5.
Source: Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Mantra is ‘Bullshit,’ Adobe Is Lazy: Apple’s Steve Jobs (Update 2)
