Steve Jobs: Flash is thing of the past

April 30, 2010

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 18:15

Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently published an open letter explaining why it is no longer necessary for his company to support Flash applications for the iPhone and the iPad.

Jobs said that while Adobe, the maker of Flash software, complains that Apple is being close-minded by not supporting Flash, it is disregarding the facts surrounding the situation.

"Flash is a cross platform development tool," says Jobs. "It is not Adobe's goal to help developers write the best iPhone, iPod and iPad apps. It is their goal to help developers write cross platform apps. And Adobe has been painfully slow to adopt enhancements to Apple's platforms."

Jobs adds that although Adobe has repeatedly said that Apple mobile devices cannot access the "full web" because three-fourths of the video on the web is in Flash, they do not mention that almost all of this video is available in the H.264 format. He said that YouTube provides all its videos in the format for Apple device users.

The letter comes as Adobe recently launched the fifth installment of the Creative Suite collection, which features updated professional applications for web designers and videographers. IT Pro Portal says that the program also features new online metrics tools.

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