They lost on flash. Will they lose on html and CSS?

qxcv · on April 23, 2012

They did not "lose" on Flash. 99% market penetration[0] is not losing. I doubt they'll "lose" on HTML and CSS any more than they lost on Dreamweaver, they'll simply pull an Autodesk[1] and target the education and training market. It's hard to beat the Flash IDE for ease-of-use, and I imagine their new HTML-based product(s) will be the same.

[0]: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplatformruntimes/statist... [1]: http://students.autodesk.com/?nd=download_center

lloeki · on April 23, 2012

> 99% market penetration

By that metric, Java has 73%, but I basically never encounter a Java applet on the web (except when digitally signing my taxes) and increasingly hardly any Flash.

coob · on April 23, 2012

99% market penetration is a bullshit statistic, it completely ignores mobile which is the fastest growing method for accessing the web.

rimantas · on April 23, 2012

  >  99% market penetration[0] is not losing.

Let's talk about trends: what is the outlook for web browsing on smartphones and tablets? How big part of these support Flash? What part of those supporting flash actually have it enabled?

IE had 98% marketshare once too…

sparknlaunch12 · on April 23, 2012

Oh, wasn't aware flash is now supported on apple products.

My comments were referring to the shift away from flash. Penetration in a constricting market is not ideal.

novalis · on April 23, 2012

Flex on iOS and Android kind of not making it a loss for Flash at the moment. Just check top rated games on those app stores.

artursapek · on April 23, 2012

"If you can't improve them with your own plugin, join them."