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HTML 5 As a Viable Alternative To Flash?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the frameworks-should-be-open dept.

superglaze writes "Jon von Tetzchner, Opera's CEO, has claimed that the open standards in HTML 5 will make it unnecessary to deliver rich media content using the proprietary Flash. '"You can do most things with web standards today," von Tetzchner said. "In some ways, you may say you don't need Flash." Von Tetzchner added that his comments were not about "killing" Flash. "I like Adobe — they're a nice company," he said. "I think Flash will be around for a very, very long time, but I think it's natural that web standards also evolve to be richer. You can then choose whether you'd like [to deliver rich media content] through web standards or whether you'd like to use Flash."'"

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  1. Re:My Kingdom for a Datagrid Element! by Mordac · · Score: 5, Informative

    When was the last time I didn't use a table tag on a page? Uh, today... the day before that, and before that.

    I use tables rarely and only for displaying data, never for formatting a page. I stopped using tables for design years ago, that's why we have CSS.

    I think its time for you to stop using tables for design. Tables lock your user into your content via your specific design. Flexibility and accessibility requires properly formatted CSS with divs and spans, knowing how to use floats and relative positioning.

    But yes, datagrid element will be great.

  2. JavaFX by javacowboy · · Score: 5, Informative

    JavaFX may be trailing Flash and Silverlight, but it's the only RIA framework that has a snowball's chance in hell of being open sourced.

    It supports charting, animations, and rich media. Version 1.5 is rumoured to have support for complex form controls, just like Flex.

    What's more, it's totally integrated into the Java Virtual Machine, meaning it can use all of the Java class libraries. It even has a mobile component, meaning it's possible to port applications between the desktop and supporting mobile platforms.

    To me, this single runtime sounds like a much better alternative that the kludge that is HTML/CSS/JavaScript/AJAX support a multitude of IE6/IE7/IE8/Firefox/Safari/Chrome/Opera browser runtimes, especially if there's no framework behind them.

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  3. Re:Options by hesiod · · Score: 5, Informative

    Except for the music controls, just about everything on that page can be done with current HTML/CSS/JS now.

  4. Re:In MOST ways you don't need Flash by Miffe · · Score: 5, Informative

    The reason people do this is is to stop you from right clicking on the image and saving it.