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So, Adobe has decided to drop Flash on mobile devices as a plugin, and refocus it on being an app platform.
I think we can all agree that this is a good thing.
Recently, I’ve developed a lot with Adobe AIR, and I must say, I like it a lot. You get native capabilities baked into Javascript/HTML. Javascript is far from a perfect language but it runs on practically every computer available, so it’s becoming almost like the new C. I’ve also tinkered a little with Flash/Flex, and I’m pretty impressed with that too. But like just about everybody, I don’t like Flash as a plugin for ads etc. So Adobe going down this road is about the best thing that could have happened, Flash remains for game developers, mobile developers etc. AIR remains for HTML/Javascript guys, but Flash as an advertising medium is likely to go away. Sounds like a win for everybody.
