Is flash dead?

Dwayne Francis
Flash 455DA
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Flash is dead?

1. Many might think that flash is dying because there are other programs that can do the same exact thing or even simpler, at first I thought flash was in its own category until I did some research and notices there are more programs that somewhat can replace flash.  
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3. Would some people say flash is dead because the iPhone doesn’t support flash?. I keep questioning myself as to how people can say flash is dead where is so much function to the software and it can do much more than one thinks. I was sitting in class when i thought about iPhone and how they don’t support flash on their phone (well I’m not sure if they do now). Due to the growing population of apply users and the ; large amount of apply products people might think because their products don’t support flash; that might be the direction other companies might go in. so maybe? IPhone is the reason flash is dead?.
4. HTML 5 is a competing technology, which is an open standard (not owned by anyone) which enables programmers to also display visually engaging web pages. Although there are some differences and limitations in what HTML 5 can display, compared to Adobe, the differences to many users are not so big. Many developers have been using HTML 5 for some time now in favor of Flash, but with Adobe announcing that it is no longer developing Flash for mobile devices, the days of Flash are coming quickly to an end. One of the big differences with HTML 5 and Adobe Flash, other than programming differences, is that with Flash you have to download a Flash player to view Flash content. With HTML 5, your web browser can understand HMTL 5, with no additional software needed. So what does this mean for your business? As you look to upgrade your next web site and you are working with your developer to consider if you should use Flash or not. So many users are buying iPads, it makes sense to really consider if Flash is the best way to go. For sure in the coming months and years its use will decline in favor of HTML 5.In what was a big factor in the decline of Flash: Apple (Steve Jobs) decided NOT to let iPads support Flash so Apple would not be dependent on Adobe. In hindsight it was a smart move. Here’s a note from him on Flash. (http://www.smallbiztechnology.com/archive/2011/11/why-flash-is-dead-why-html-5-is-thriving-and-why-its-important-for-your-business-to-know-about-it.html/
5. Another article I saw online about flash being dead Flash has always done things a web browser could only dream of doing on its own. To accommodate the rich visuals and sophisticated interactivity Flash delivers, Adobe created an add-on—a plug-in—for web browsers. When the browser is asked to display flash content, it passes the job over to the Adobe Flash Player. Though 99% of desktop computers have Flash Player installed, there are liabilities to plug-in based technologies. Apple’s iOS mobile operating system refuses to display Flash in the browser. Some people on secure corporate networks can’t install the latest plug-in until their IT departments get around to deploying the update. Some people are simply afraid to install anything on their computers at all. The plug-in architecture allowed Adobe to sidestep the limitations of the browser. It came with costs but these were outweighed by many benefits until mobile technologies—especially Apple’s mobile technology—refused to play along.
6. Flash can be used to create amazing animation but yet there is other programs out there that can do the same or even better? Could that be another reason why flash is dying. Flash was once one of the most popular program to create animation but now since there is other program to create animation could that contribute to the declining popularity of flash?. People experimenting with newer software’s and abandoning flash. The questions still lingers.
7. There are main things flash can be used for. Flash manipulates vector and raster graphics to provide animation of text, drawings, and still images. It allows bidirectional streaming of audio and video, and it can capture user input via mouse, keyboard, microphone and camera. Flash applications and animations can be programmed using the object-oriented language called ActionScript. Adobe Flash Professional is the most popular and user-friendly authoring tool for creating the Flash content, which also allows automation via the JavaScript Flash language. With this much possibilities in one software is it really dead or people ignorant to the what its capable of.
8. I’ve come to realize that flash have a lot of features people could use in various ways. This week in class we learned how to create a sound analyzer by using codes. Using the hype frame work codes to create a sound analyzer is really interesting and is a great way to experiment and create new ways to visualize music. Is flash really dying?
9. These week I currently have nothing new about my decision if flash is dead or not.
10. Flash is not dead yet   he Film and Entertainment companies opinion on the usefulness and viability of Flash to accomplish their business and marketing needs, suggest that Apple is wrong in not giving their customers a choice in being able to consume the Flash content their favorite shows and movies have available. The reasoning given by Steve Jobs in his “Thoughts on Flash”, is rhetoric that is easily refuted and represents little more than a rationalization by Apple to further their dominance in the mobile industry. Enabling and interactive platform they can’t profit from in their App Store is not on their agenda even if it does give consumers a choice what they consume and how. A choice outside the Apple Ecosystem is not one they apparently will support. As far as mobile goes flash is dead.  Reference to http://robertoblake.com
11. flash will be continue used in the coming years because there isn't any program that is quite as powerful
12. For my final project I decided to create a wine bottle to promote a wine that’s going on the market. For the wine bottle I started off with creating the label for the wine bottle in adobe illustrator, my teacher was kind enough to provide the class with what information that should be present on the label. With the information I researched multiple wine bottles just to generate ideas for the labels. After the research I basically went with a simple and clean design.  On the label I wanted to incorporate some flash element, I used a work file from one of our class lesson and used it for the background of the label. Using the flash to create the label shows that flash can be used for various things. I saved a png from the flash swf and imported it into adobe illustrator. One the label was completed I moved on to create the wine bottle, I tried using 3D studio max on my first attempt and it was not successful I didn’t know exactly how to create it. So then I tried Photoshop which was recommended by a classmate. Just like 3D max I had my problems the computer I was using didn’t have enough ram to run the 3D in Photoshop. At my final attempt I went back to illustrator which was a much simpler way to create the wine bottle.