Flash Competition.
There has been a lot of debate recently on the issue of the state of Flash partly, if not mostly, because Apple’s stance on not supporting Flash on the iPad (like its cousin the iPhone). One of the biggest issues discussed is video via Flash versus the upcoming HTML5 spec. We can debate all day about that, but I wanted to just bring another example of what standard web technologies can provide that many thought we only capable in Flash.
A great example is SketchPad. Not only does this web app demonstrate that there are alternatives to Flash but also alternatives to desktop apps themselves. SketchPad could easily fill the gap for a light-weight drawing tool instead of feature-bloated Photoshop for novice users. Something the iPad seems to be catered towards. I’m curious how this could also translate interface wise on the iPad. Interesting to say the least and this is only the beginning…
