Its been a while since my last post… I´ve been working alot on new projects, and I haven´t had much time to update my blog. I´m sorry! ;)
It has been a big buzz about HTML5 for a while now, and is it or is it not going to “kill Flash”. I´ve worked with some people that believe Flash is going to be overrun by HTML5. And I was laughing in silence with sentences like:
“No, we cannot use Flash Player 10, because its to damn recent and almost no one has it (including our clients).“
mmmm, ok, but this was said yesterday (22nd, October 2010) and Flash Player 10 has been around since late 2008?
The same people told me:
“Lets start learning HTML5 and do some works for our clients using this technology“
mmmm, ok, but arent these clients the same clients from above? The ones who dont use Flash Player 10 because its to damn recent, and still use Internet Explorer 6 (released in 2001)? How will they manage to see (or even imagine) HTML5 using that?
Again:
“Hey, I just bought this iPad abroad, lets start making apps for iPhone and iPad“
mmmm, ok, I love programming in Cocoa, but is this app just for you and the client? Because you know, that iPad is still unavailable in Portugal, and only you, the client and well… me, can actually afford it. Shouldn´t we be doing apps for the clients target and not for the client itself?
Well, maybe in this last one I´m beeing just vicious. But this is just to illustrate the “fire at sight” policy that some people use and abuse, and how the sentence “Hey, Its new, let´s use it” can only apply with HTML5 or Cocoa. And in Flash Player 10 its more like “Hey, Its new, we can´t use it”.
First of all, I´m very excited about HTML5!!!
a) Do I fear for my job as a Flash Developer? No!
b) Am I learning HTML5 and Cocoa because I might fear for my Job subconscious? No!
I´m learning HTML5, Cocoa, Javascript, PHP, mySql, Arduino, Android, C++, etc, because I LOVE PROGRAMMING, and I LOVE TO CHALLENGE MYSELF.
Nothing gives me more pleasure then learning new stuff and after a while doing things I tough I could´t do before.
So, do I think Flash Player is going to be overrun by HTML5? No!
Flash Player will still grow and so will HTML5. They are different things, and none of them will crush the other.
Here´s some thoughts from Youtube on HTML5 vs Flash.
And Please check this and this HTML5 experiences. They are great!!!
Flash Developers, be in peace! I am!
