Comparison of HTML5 and Flash: Difference between revisions

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Jobs further explains that iDevices relies on their multi-touch interfaces and thus does not have a mouse-over state, which Flash is reliant on. If Flash were to be available on Apple mobile devices, users would be unable to correctly access and interact with certain elements due to the lack of appropriate functionality.

Despite Job’s denouncement of Flash, in September of 2010, Apple lifted some of its App development restrictions. Now, “developers can use Flash to develop your apps, and then compile them to work on the iPhone and iPad with a tool called Adobe Packager”.<ref>Sorrel, Charlie. "Apple Eases App Development Rules, Adobe Surges." Wired. Wired, 2010. Web. 12 Sept. 2010.</ref> Adobe Packager “offers Flash developers a fast and efficient method to reuse existing code from ActionScript 3 projects to deliver native applications on iOS devices” (Adobe Labs). This advancement means that developers can create Flash applications for Apple mobile devices,. howeverHowever, Flash web content still cannot be viewed.

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