While I can’t say that this announcement really surprises me, I have to make one thing clear right off the top. I am not a Flash Developer – but I am indeed a Flash Supporter. When the news started hitting all the Twitter feeds and blogs this morning if a person didn’t know better one would think the world was ending.
I think Adobe’s Ben Forta explained it best. Perhaps the time has come for a new direction for Flash – a new challenge. When it comes to mobile browser, Flash’s job is done here. Time to move on to bigger and better things! The question remains as to what this does to other Adobe products such as Flash Catalyst or Flash Builder that did aim at Mobile content. I guess we will have to wait and see. But these sure are interesting times!
Here is the full Adobe Press Release on this announcement.
SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of the Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 product family. Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 delivers important advances in HTML5 and Flash authoring, enabling designers and developers to create compelling content and applications. Creative Suite 5.5 products also feature significant innovation in the areas of video production and editing. Finally, Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 delivers exciting new capabilities in the exploding area of digital publishing. With Creative Suite 5.5 content authors worldwide can deliver high-impact work to multiple platforms, operating systems, Web browsers, smartphones and tablets – including Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS, and Apple iOS devices.
The full Press Release can be found here.
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