Adobe developers: Use the new open standards instead of Flash
The San Jose company promotes the use of new standards like HTML5 instead of Flash. Currently, it is a requiem, but the walk on Sunset Boulevard is almost over.
Adobe has finally taken a clear position on Flash. With an announcement issued in recent hours, the company’s San Jose said that from now on will invite designers and developers to create their own creations using the new web standards like HTML5 instead of Flash. Even the name will be set aside, with Adobe Flash Professional that will rename CC to Animated CC.
Flash is one of a long and slow death that is consumed in the course of recent years, in part because of the lack of support on smartphones and partly because it has several times been a dangerous infection vector for malware on the web.
Although initially, Flash has proved quite successful as a tool for creating web-game animations, over the years, it has gradually shown a number issues that have undermined the reputation. Flash pages and player of video content can be heavy to load and significant impact on the autonomy of portable systems. Flash has also shown continuous security issues becoming a risk factor for web users, especially for those less aware of security issues.
The announcement of Adobe does not anticipate any immediate ouster of Flash, because the decision to continue to use it or leave it only to developers. The company’s position is rather an acknowledgment of reality: HTML5 has gradually gained ground against Flash to create animations and interactive tools, and is a better choice since it is an open standard.
Recognizing that Flash is now well under way on Sunset Boulevard, Adobe is preparing to better position and offer their animation tools for the near future. The current Flash Professional CC is already able to create content in HTML5, which is exploited, says Adobe, for about a third of the content created. Changing the name to Animate CC, Adobe will be able to offer the software package as a generic animation tool and not as specifically addressed in Flash. The name change will be effective within the first period of 2016.
Adobe Flash will not change and will continue to support it. It seems that the media will focus more tightly on security. Adobe said it wanted to work with Microsoft and Google for the safety and compatibility of Flash within their browser. The company will also work with Facebook to ensure the safety of Flash games. Adobe says that at least for now Flash will be used for web gaming and premium video content as other standards, such as HTML5 itself, have yet to reach full maturity necessary to meet the needs of these areas.
