HTML 5 and Adobe Flash, pt. 1

Trying to detach myself from the Flash vs HTML5 argument and get excited about both...



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Even as an experienced flash developer, I’m far from worried about the war raging on the net that sees people siding with either Flash or HTML 5. The latter being non-proprietary software capable of replacing many of the Flash features but rendered natively in browsers without the need for third party downloads.

I’m very happy working with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, the languages required to build HTML5 applications. For this reason, I’m very excited about the years to come, Flash will no doubt have it’s place for a long time to come as it strives to stay ahead, but HTML5 will be very powerful especially when quality software starts appearing to help develop HTML5 applications (maybe even Adobe will build something).

This topic will keep the development community talking (arguing) for a long time as HTML5 won’t be a finished specification for around 10 years but it can only do good things for the advancement of our industry. There are so many pros and cons for both sides but the most obvious issue for me is that for HTMl5 to really compete with Flash, the major browsers must all support as many features as possible whilst staying within the constraints of the language. Having so many differing levels of support is what causes developers to jump ship to Flash, which can be rendered almost identically in every browser that supports it.

There’s plenty more to discuss here and I’ll take a deeper look into some of the arguments in later posts. Watch this space…

Here are some examples of HTML5 content already emerging (note: some may not be available in all browsers):


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