Adobe has announced that the company intends to focus on HTML 5 for mobile devices and work with Flash where it can have the most impact for the industry. Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform that is available as a plug-in for mobile devices to allow them to run videos and play games. There was good news that Adobe will continue to issue bug fixes and security updates but sad news is that it will no longer develop the mobile platform. This comes hot on heels after I was annoyed when I realized my Nokia N9 didn't have Flash support although YouTube works fine with their HTML5 website.
However, I don't think YouTube will experience problems with mobile devices as they can use HTML5 without problems, as long as the makers of the devices make support for HTML5. Adobe has delivered Flash Player for mobile browsers and brought the full expressiveness of the web to many mobile devices for the past two years and bearing in mind that HTML5 is now universally supported on major mobile devices, in some cases exclusively this is a wise move by the company that attracts hate and love in equal measure.
Many will agree with me that we expect to see some big changes coming up with HTML5.At this moment, I wonder how video sharing sites like YouTube and also web advertisers will react to this news.Apple's iOS devices fanatics like me will see no big deal in this latest move by Adobe because the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch have never supported Flash and it is not bound to change anytime soon and it seems that Apple's long held argument has eventually prevailed. Mobile Flash was the subject of a row between Apple and Adobe over a year ago when Adobe claimed that Apple did not allow Flash because the iPhone manufacturer wanted to protect its App Store.If Steve Jobs was still alive,he would have celebrated a triumph that many Android fanatics as weakness in Apple's system.
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