Äntligen någon som skrivit en nyanserad artikel om Flash och HTML5. Flash är inte bara video och det är många gånger enda sättet att konstruera en rich-media applikation som fungerar lika på alla browsers. Det är inte den ena teknologin mot den andra.

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I’m often asked “Will HTML5 replace Flash?” on the Web. The quick answer is no. However, there is a lot of nuance here and it’s helpful to make the distinction between two broad classes of content applications that are deployed in browsers.

First, there are what I would call Web Productivity Apps. These kinds of applications require responsive, cross-platform, desktop like and highly interactive experiences. They often require seamless integration with existing web content and data

The second broad class of applications are what I would call Rich Media Apps. These kinds of applications include largely consumer-facing, audience and media centric experiences

I’m also often asked “Will HTML5 Video replace Flash Video?”. Posited as a winner-take-all, absolute, the answer is clearly no. But like the nuance of HTML5 vs. Flash on the Web, there is also a very nuanced and complex evolving landscape in the video format world.

Läs Jeremy Allaire’s artikel ”The Future of Web Content – HTML5, Flash & Mobile Apps” på TechCrunch