BBC News - Adobe abandons iPhone code tools
Sounds like a bad move on Apple and a big dent to their IPhone and IPad.
Adobe and their Flash tools are HUGE! I thought Apple was screwing themselves by forcing e-book makers to use their own program and making any existing e-books made through Adobe not work (among many other formats of e-books)..... plus their already existing restrictions on Mp3's and videos having to go through their ITunes and Stores for most things and those same files not being able to be used on anything but a Mac, not to mention some won't even work on another mac system if copied/transfered...... they're certainly digging themselves in a deep hole in the corner.
Seriously, who is going to dish out that much money for these systems and programs when they don't support much of the already existing media out there and make you have to jump through hoops?
Especially when every time Apple comes out with something fancy, half a year later there's more advanced and more versatile systems being made and released by other companies that are far cheaper.
Adobe is to stop making software tools that allow Apple's iPhone and iPad to use its popular Flash technology.
The decision reverses an earlier pledge in which it said it would help get Flash working on the gadgets.
Flash is very widely used on the web and many sites use it to power animations, media players and other multimedia elements.
Despite this, Apple's products do not support Flash and it has made public statements criticising the technology.
Closed tools
In mid-April, Adobe released software called Creative Suite 5 that contained translation tools that automatically turn Flash code into programs that run on the iPhone.
Shortly before the release, Apple updated the terms and conditions of the license software developers must sign to create iPhone and iPad applications. The revisions prompted a lot of criticism from many iPhone developers.
The revised terms placed strict restrictions on what developers can use to create these applications and effectively banned them from using code translators such as Creative Suite 5.
At the time Adobe wrote that it still intended to deliver the translation tools. Now it has said it will halt development of future translation tools for Creative Suite.
"We will still be shipping the ability to target the iPhone and iPad in Flash CS5," wrote Mike Chambers, Adobe's principal product manager for developer relations, on his blog. "However, we are not currently planning any additional investments in that feature."
Mr Chambers also commented on Apple's revision of its terms and conditions. He wrote: "...as developers for the iPhone have learned, if you want to develop for the iPhone you have to be prepared for Apple to reject or restrict your development at any time."
Apple responded in a statement to technology news site CNet in which it described Flash as "closed and proprietary". Apple preferred to support more open standards which replicate everything Flash can do, added the statement.
Mr Chambers wrote that now Adobe will concentrate on Google's Android smartphone software and ensure that its Flash technology works well with that.
"Fortunately," he wrote, "the iPhone isn't the only game in town."
Sounds like a bad move on Apple and a big dent to their IPhone and IPad.
Adobe and their Flash tools are HUGE! I thought Apple was screwing themselves by forcing e-book makers to use their own program and making any existing e-books made through Adobe not work (among many other formats of e-books)..... plus their already existing restrictions on Mp3's and videos having to go through their ITunes and Stores for most things and those same files not being able to be used on anything but a Mac, not to mention some won't even work on another mac system if copied/transfered...... they're certainly digging themselves in a deep hole in the corner.
Seriously, who is going to dish out that much money for these systems and programs when they don't support much of the already existing media out there and make you have to jump through hoops?
Especially when every time Apple comes out with something fancy, half a year later there's more advanced and more versatile systems being made and released by other companies that are far cheaper.