Comments on: Adobe Says Air & Flash Are Winning Over Developers

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[...] certainly given it plenty of attention as Adobe has tried, and largely failed, to get Flash onto the iPhone, iPad and [...]

By: Aristophrenia

Aristophrenia — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:30:23 +0000

Just to let those know bagging flash and photoshop on Apple – I have never, ever had a problem – since I stopped using apple and moved to windows 7.
Slave like dedication to an operating system is the saddest thing I have ever seen in almost two decades of programming – apple fanbois-ism is without doubt the lamest thing I have ever, ever witnessed in tech.
I will use what ever is best – Flash is by far – miles – the best method of delivering rich applications to multiple platforms and multiple devices with the least amount of fuss.
If your system is crashing – its because you can’t set it up right – simple – you have something wrong with you. If I can install it on PC’s and Macs with absolutely no issues – ever – then you are at fault.

By: Roger Beharry Lall

Roger Beharry Lall — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:46:28 +0000

@VivekParmar; @Joseph
Roger from RIM Social Media here. It’s good to know you’ve both had great experiences developing using Adobe, and thanks for submitting a BlackBerry PlayBook app, Joseph. I encourage you and others to keep at it – there’s one month left for an opportunity to get a free PlayBook if your app is accepted. For the latest info on developing for the PlayBook, please see our Inside BlackBerry Developer’s Blog (http://devblog.blackberry.com/). It sounds like Adobe’s announcement around Flash 10.2 and Stage Video’s processor and memory efficiency is welcome news for developers, in addition to how efficient the platform is to develop apps quickly!

By: Roger Beharry Lall

Roger Beharry Lall — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:04:29 +0000

@vivekParmar; @Joseph
Roger from the RIM Social Media team here. It’s good to know you’ve both had great experiences developing using Adobe, and thanks for submitting a BlackBerry PlayBook app, Joseph. I encourage you and others to keep at it – there’s one month left for an opportunity to get a free PlayBook if your app is accepted. For the latest info on developing for the PlayBook, please see our Inside BlackBerry Developer’s Blog (http://devblog.blackberry.com/). It sounds like Adobe’s announcement around Flash 10.2 and Stage Video’s processor and memory efficiency is welcome news for developers, in addition to how efficient the platform is to develop apps quickly!

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:18:04 +0000

I work heavily with Actionscript 3 and AIR (within Flash Builder 4) And i would say that AIR still has MANY issues and is still not mature enough. Native apps will always out-perform AIR based apps (Especially on OSX). That being said it is VERY handy to roll out a single binary file. Cant say much about the mobile platforms. I think Android 3 will be AIR’s main focus with enhanced performance.

@Mike Adobe haven’t made any significant enhancements to Photoshop or Illustrator for many updates. All they seem to do is break stuff now.

By: DemiGuru

DemiGuru — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:03:13 +0000

As a true Mac user you should know how much the Flash implementation sucks, whether it’s because of Safari’s *constant crashes* or battery life on your laptop.

I came to that realization on my own thank you very much.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:43:30 +0000

You mimic and echo Steve Jobs… he Hops & you Jump. I have 9 Apple products around me. The iPad without Flash is a Huge lack!

…the number of times, the broken icon for No Flash has appeared in the past 30 days… pffff

Look under the hood, and do your own research… Flash is awesome! and getting better.

By: DemiGuru

DemiGuru — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:18:43 +0000

And so the marketing ‘blitz’ continues.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:13:17 +0000

As somebody who does work in both web developement as print production, I have to say that I find Adobe products less and less appealing every day. Both the Flash Player and Flash Professional are buggy and constantly crash. Adobe programs do NOT work well together, despite what they say. I’ve been screwed over before when glitches in Flash Professional prevented me from getting my work done or wasted a bunch of my time. With the exception of Photoshop and a little Illustrator, I try to avoid using any Adobe products. I also use Flashblock in Firefox, and I’m glad my iPad doesn’t display Flash.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:01:12 +0000

Adobe AIR is so much Fun to develop in! I’ve converted the same app into an iOS, Android, and just released it to the Playbook!

Took a few hours to modify the UI for each screen :)
I’m happy Adobe is improving the Player and utilizing Hardware Acceleration. Adobe is proving to be an indispensable part of the internet, and it’s tools.