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Could we please end this thread? This is a mailing list for Java  
developers who want to make great desktop apps for Mac OSX. It's not a  
place for non-Java developers, or for iPhone developers. There are  
other Apple mailing lists for that.

Thank you,
        Josh


On Jun 25, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Ronald C.F. Antony wrote:

> On 25 Jun 2009, at 16:48, Robert Kennedy wrote:
>
> > Many people would argue that the lack of flash is ruining the user  
> > experience since users cannot watch Flash videos on very popular  
> > sites like YouTube.
> > I suspect that Apple is refusing to put Flash on the iPhone for  
> > other reasons (than "ruining user experience").  Maybe they want  
> > too push their own video format or maybe Apple is using this as  
> > leverage against Adobe in other negotiations.
>
> Flash is proprietary, QuickTime is the basis of the MP4 standards.
> There's no reason to prop up a proprietary thing like Flash when  
> there are equivalent open standards available (MP4/QT, DHTML/HTML5,  
> JavaScript).
>
> Worse, Flash web sites can't be properly bookmarked, indexed &  
> searched, etc. but they demo well. So technically unsavy corporate  
> decision makers fall for them, and web designers use what's quick,  
> easy and impresses customers. So Flash keeps going.
>
> Now, if a few important platforms refuse to support Flash, that  
> cycle might get broken. Who wants to have a web site that doesn't  
> work on the iPhone?
>
> Ronald
>
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