Adobe reportedly will announce the end of Flash Player for mobile devices

[HotelUser]

Even though Adobe just mentioned it was planning to invest further in HTML5 after restructuring, a rumor from ZDNet suggests the changes could go even further by dropping development for Flash Player on mobiles entirely. According to an email reportedly received by the company's partners, its future work on Flash for cellphones and tablets will focus on enabling developers to "package apps with Adobe AIR for all the major app stores." After years of battling with Apple and Steve Jobs over the place of Flash on mobiles it appears the company is ready to lay down its sword, with existing platforms like Android receiving only security updates going forward. If the rumors are true, we'll probably hear an official announcement later today, along with a few huge belly laughs from the folks in Cupertino.

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Sort of a shame, flash started out really horrible on my Windows Mobile phone years ago but it worked a lot better on WebOS when I gave it a try.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/09/a...yer-for-mobil/

[Casanova]

Adobe have announced they'll cut 750 jobs - just over 7% of their workforce.

They have stated they're also discontinuing their flash player which is supported in a vast array of devices, all but Apple!

well well well... maybe Jobs was right!?

They have stated they'll continue their contracted rights to devices such as the RIM BlackBerry Playbook which relies heavily on Flash Player.

Read more on it HERE.

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[xxMATTGxx]

It's not goodbye flash player altogether. It's just for mobile devices they supported. Flash was always going to getting used less and less over the coming years when HTML5 kicks off fully.

[peteyt]

It's not goodbye flash player altogether. It's just for mobile devices they supported. Flash was always going to getting used less and less over the coming years when HTML5 kicks off fully.

I know this is a bit old but just got a new mobile and contract so I can now properly access web features. I think Steve wasn't right. I read an interesting article can't remember the link, but HTML 5 uses something apparently Apple owns the rights to, and they still apparently do, while as some stuff people like Firefox had given for use, was made open sourced. In other words the article was stating it wasn't about usage, security problems or anything like that, but more about competition and it wouldn't surprise me.

Hopefully it will be good with HTML5, as it will mean no extra applications and I wonder if this means it could ever be dropped completely. However I think Apple was wrong to not include it while it was still standing up healthy.

[Recursion]

Just a shame HTML5 doesn't work properly on my iPad in Safari or even on my 'droid, whereas I have no issues at all with Flash content on my phone.

[peteyt]

Well I've also just read a BBC article claiming there are lots of security flaws to

[Shox]

Well I've also just read a BBC article claiming there are lots of security flaws to

There is! Flash is a lot less secure than other platforms other there.

[Recursion]

There is! Flash is a lot less secure than other platforms other there.

Sources...?

Flash is one of the most widely used platforms in the world...

[Shox]

Sources...?

Flash is one of the most widely used platforms in the world...

Source - My brain, but feel free to look it up.

As a developer, I know that flash can be decompiled, whereas director and other platforms can't So, I can just grab the plaintext, cool beans. Very naive to think just because it's one of the most widely used it's good, it's ****, and that's why most everyone is moving away from it.

[Eoin247]

They shouldn't have discontinued flash until html5 was working better and more into the mainstream. Not too sure how i feel about this though, maybe now more stuff on the internet will work on ios now for me in the future?