I think Adobe, not unlike Sun, may be a bit anxious about being shut out of the emerging platform. The release of Safari 3.1, which is the first browser to support the new video and audio tags in HTML 5, as well as CSS Web Fonts and CSS animations, made it apparent of Apple's interest in bypassing Flash' stranglehold on Web media delivery.
It is too late to challenge Adobe on the desktop/laptop browser but the field of mobile browser is still relatively open. Steve knows this, and the iPhone/iPod touch platform is his best chance to loosen Flash' negative impact on Web design (or rather to further Apple's influence on the "Web as a platform" development). Thus, this announcement is a shrewd move by Adobe - an attempt to nip the adoption of open Web media standard in the bud.
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fwd-bwd @ Mar 19th 2008 2:40AM
I think Adobe, not unlike Sun, may be a bit anxious about being shut out of the emerging platform. The release of Safari 3.1, which is the first browser to support the new video and audio tags in HTML 5, as well as CSS Web Fonts and CSS animations, made it apparent of Apple's interest in bypassing Flash' stranglehold on Web media delivery.
It is too late to challenge Adobe on the desktop/laptop browser but the field of mobile browser is still relatively open. Steve knows this, and the iPhone/iPod touch platform is his best chance to loosen Flash' negative impact on Web design (or rather to further Apple's influence on the "Web as a platform" development). Thus, this announcement is a shrewd move by Adobe - an attempt to nip the adoption of open Web media standard in the bud.