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'''[[HTML5]]''' can be used as an alternative to '''[[Adobe Flash]]''' in a lot of instances.<ref name="nyt_amazon">{{cite web
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}}</ref> Both include features and functions for adding [[animation]], [[video]], and [[interactivity]] to [[web page]]s. There has been a great deal of discussion{{factcitation needed|date=December 2010}} amongst web developers and others over the relative merits of both.
 
== Comparison ==
 
=== Current availability ===
 
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Currently, HTML5 is not supported universally or fully by all [[web browser|browsers]] and there are not many websites putting its available features to use.{{factcitation needed|date=December 2010}} HTML5 is in draft state at the time of writing and the standard itself contains many "bugs."{{syn|date=December 2010}}<ref>"Bug/Issue Tracking Service." W3C. 11 Dec 2010. Web. 10 Dec 2010. http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=HTML+WG&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=exact&email1=ian%40hixie.ch&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=</ref>
 
Flash is not available on some platforms including [[Apple Inc.|Apple's]] [[IOS (Apple)|iOS]] devices—[[iPhone]], [[iPod touch]] and [[iPad]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/why-theres-no-flash-on-the-iphoneipad-and-why-there-shouldnt-be-flash-on-android/8455 | title=Why there's no Flash on the iPhone/iPad (and why there shouldn't be Flash on Android) | accessdate=2010-12-27 | author=Kingsley-Hughes, Adrian | date=2010-05-28 | work=ZDNet Hardware 2.0 blog}}</ref> Apple have been promoting HTML5 as an alternative to Flash for video and other content.
 
=== Website adoption ===
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== Apple ==
 
As of April 2010 [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] did not support Flash on the [[iPhone]], [[iPad]], or [[iPod]], having adopted [[HTML5]] instead.<ref name="jobs_thoughts_on_flashnyt_video">{{cite webnews
|last=Bilton
|first=Nick
|Titletitle=IPad Can’t Play Flash Video, but It May Not Matter
|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]
|date = January 31, 2010
|accessdate=December 26, 2010
}}</ref><ref name="nyt_videojobs_thoughts_on_flash">{{cite newsweb
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}}</ref><ref name="nyt_video">{{cite news
|last=Bilton
|first=Nick
|Title=IPad Can’t Play Flash Video, but It May Not Matter
|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]
|date = January 31, 2010
|accessdate=December 26, 2010
}}</ref> Steve Jobs noted that Flash is not an [[open standard]] – it is controlled by [[Adobe]] – whereas HTML5 is controlled by a [[standards organization|standards committee]].<ref name="jobs_thoughts_on_flash"/>