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I’m not trying to say that every website out there has thrown out Flash, my point was that a huge majority have and the ecosystem for internet-connected devices is rapidly pushing Flash out. Yes, you will still run across site which use it, but they’re few and far between, and the number is dwindling.
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A lot have, yes. Most of the bigger sites have, yes. But it's not a majority.
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HTML5 may not be standardised yet but it is totally ready for primetime. Every major browser now has HTML5 compatibility for the majority of new elements, including CSS3 and video tags.
It’s not standardised, but browsers support it and developers are using it. People are moving away from funky Flash website interfaces because mobile and tablet users simply will not see those websites and because the combination of HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript can do crazy things (see: Beercamp 2012 and 2011). |
Like I said, the stuff for videos has been pretty well supported, but the interface stuff hasn't. Try accessing the more experimental sites in Chrome, Firefox and IE and see how differently they handle the code.
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I love that having a differing opinion gets me dismissed as being an Apple sheep.
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Because you're paraphrasing the sort of thing that Steve Jobs used to say and he was full of shit on that topic. Apple's philosophy is 'You must do things our way because we're smarter than you and we know how you should be doing it'. Google's philosophy is to give everyone a usable, convenient interface, but then to give the power users a Settings button so they can change things to their liking.
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Having dramatically different user experiences is not always a good goal. The key with user experience is consistency and familiarity; you can very quickly lose that by offering too many options, and the wider Android ecosystem is a good example of that.
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I'm not sure, but I think you may be talking about how every manufacturer develops their own skin for Android. First of all, they're not as different as you think. Secondly, who cares? For the two years that I had my old phone, everything was internally consistent. For the first week I had my new phone, it took me a while to get used to it, then everything was internally consistent. Variations between manufacturers or handsets are irrelevant.
But in case you were talking about giving options for apps; that's a ridiculous point. Just like what I was saying before about basic users and power users; the fact that you can choose a different app if you like doesn't complicate matters. My mum has an Android phone and she couldn't care less that there are ten other browsers out there. But I do, and I installed several of them on my phone at once, compared them and kept the ones I want. This is about giving people choice, not forcing choice down their throats.
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The Verge’s coverage only mentions their losing cases in Japan and the UK. I haven’t heard about any other cases, what have I missed? |
This is what I was talking about with respect to the rubber-banding patent invalidated.