Comments on: iPhone SDK: The carrot for Cocoa, the stick for Flash http://blog.kevingoldsmith.com/2008/03/06/iphone-sdk-the-carrot-for-cocoa-the-stick-for-flash/ Sarcasm and vitriol wrapped in a twee bow. Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:46:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kevin http://blog.kevingoldsmith.com/2008/03/06/iphone-sdk-the-carrot-for-cocoa-the-stick-for-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-648 kevin Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:48:37 +0000 http://blog.kevingoldsmith.com/2008/03/06/iphone-sdk-the-carrot-for-cocoa-the-stick-for-flash/#comment-648 You have a valid point for a different discussion. I wasn't making claims for the openness of Flash in this post. If I was, it'd be a silly comparison against the iPhone which is about as open as a bank safe. The iPhone tried the standards-based Web applications route, that didn't go so well. In the world of the standards committees :), it must seem so obvious. Down here where the rubber meets the road, trying to make a consistent user experience across all the different flavors of web browsers (mobile or desktop) is like sticking hot pokers in your eyes over and over. Also, I'd love to see a standards-based web application version of Spore... You have a valid point for a different discussion.

I wasn’t making claims for the openness of Flash in this post. If I was, it’d be a silly comparison against the iPhone which is about as open as a bank safe.

The iPhone tried the standards-based Web applications route, that didn’t go so well. In the world of the standards committees :) , it must seem so obvious. Down here where the rubber meets the road, trying to make a consistent user experience across all the different flavors of web browsers (mobile or desktop) is like sticking hot pokers in your eyes over and over.

Also, I’d love to see a standards-based web application version of Spore…

]]> By: Daniel Appelquist http://blog.kevingoldsmith.com/2008/03/06/iphone-sdk-the-carrot-for-cocoa-the-stick-for-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-647 Daniel Appelquist Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:15:34 +0000 http://blog.kevingoldsmith.com/2008/03/06/iphone-sdk-the-carrot-for-cocoa-the-stick-for-flash/#comment-647 Kevin, you have been eating at the Adobe commissary for too long. Flash and FLEX are yet another lock-in proprietary platform - they are not the Web. The future is standards-based Web applications - yes, even on mobile. Look into your heaart. You KNOW it to be true. Kevin, you have been eating at the Adobe commissary for too long. Flash and FLEX are yet another lock-in proprietary platform – they are not the Web. The future is standards-based Web applications – yes, even on mobile. Look into your heaart. You KNOW it to be true.

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