Steve Jobs Slams Adobe Flash
In a statement highlighting the need to make certain websites are not only cross-browseer compatible, but also mobile-device compatible, Apple CEO Steve Jobs stepped up Apple’s criticism of Adobe’s Flash technology in a stinging post today entitled simply “Thoughts on Flash.”
In his post, Jobs states:
Tags: Search Engine Optimization, website designFlash was designed for PCs using mice, not for touch screens using fingers. For example, many Flash websites rely on “rollovers”, which pop up menus or other elements when the mouse arrow hovers over a specific spot. Apple’s revolutionary multi-touch interface doesn’t use a mouse, and there is no concept of a rollover. Most Flash websites will need to be rewritten to support touch-based devices. If developers need to rewrite their Flash websites, why not use modern technologies like HTML5, CSS and JavaScript?
Even if iPhones, iPods and iPads ran Flash, it would not solve the problem that most Flash websites need to be rewritten to support touch-based devices.
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