http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2010/02/iphone-flash-java-sme-theres-no-app-for-that/ WordPress site Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2010/02/iphone-flash-java-sme-theres-no-app-for-that/comment-page-1/#comment-707 Evan Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:20:47 +0000 http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/?p=5593#comment-707 Fortunately some people are following steve's advice: they don't listen to the noise of Apple's opinion, and create legal solutions such as iSpectrum to enable people to develop Java applications for iPhone. ( http://www.flexycore.com ) Fortunately some people are following steve’s advice: they don’t listen to the noise of Apple’s opinion, and create legal solutions such as iSpectrum to enable people to develop Java applications for iPhone. ( http://www.flexycore.com )

]]> http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2010/02/iphone-flash-java-sme-theres-no-app-for-that/comment-page-1/#comment-706 robinbloor Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:52:18 +0000 http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/?p=5593#comment-706 I can understand Steve Jobs' irritation with Flash, but only from the perspective of the way it is used. I really don't get his "buggy" accusation. And I've been using Macs for over 5 years now and, despite Steve's insistence, they don't crash often at all, and never in my experience has Flash caused them to crash. In fact I don't think I've ever seen Flash fail, although I'm sure it does. I have a Flash-neutralizing plug-in in my Browser which prevents a Flash program from running unless I click on it. It is great, because most of the annoying or distracting things web sites do are done in Flash. So maybe in this instance Steve is trying to shoot the messenger. Nevertheless it can't be a good thing. We lived through almost two decades while Microsoft stamped on standards (whether agreed or market driven) in an effort to achieve 100%+ market share for Windows. It wasn't good for the industry. If Apple's approach is to stamp on standards (whether agreed or market driven) on the basis of Steve's inner abdominal rumblings, that won't be good either - although it might make life amusingly unpredictable. However, I doubt we need worry. All that's required to stop the nonsense is another powerful vendor that is less inclined to random acts of unkindness. There's an app for that. It's called Google. I can understand Steve Jobs’ irritation with Flash, but only from the perspective of the way it is used. I really don’t get his “buggy” accusation. And I’ve been using Macs for over 5 years now and, despite Steve’s insistence, they don’t crash often at all, and never in my experience has Flash caused them to crash. In fact I don’t think I’ve ever seen Flash fail, although I’m sure it does.
I have a Flash-neutralizing plug-in in my Browser which prevents a Flash program from running unless I click on it. It is great, because most of the annoying or distracting things web sites do are done in Flash. So maybe in this instance Steve is trying to shoot the messenger. Nevertheless it can’t be a good thing.
We lived through almost two decades while Microsoft stamped on standards (whether agreed or market driven) in an effort to achieve 100%+ market share for Windows. It wasn’t good for the industry. If Apple’s approach is to stamp on standards (whether agreed or market driven) on the basis of Steve’s inner abdominal rumblings, that won’t be good either – although it might make life amusingly unpredictable.
However, I doubt we need worry. All that’s required to stop the nonsense is another powerful vendor that is less inclined to random acts of unkindness. There’s an app for that. It’s called Google.

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