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The topic of Apple and Flash really busy since the first iPhone, the world around the half-eaten apple. While it initially had hoped (both Apple and Adobe expressed that they were working together to bring Flash to the iPhone), it now tends to zero. Intern Steve Jobs had earlier in the year somewhat disparagingly commented on the topic of Flash, now he does it well in an open letter on the Apple website .

The supplied figures hold, however little that is new. Steve Jobs justified his rejection in six main arguments that are evident in his view against Flash.

For a while it Flash is proprietary, for example, favored by Apple HTML5 is open. Moreover, almost all Flash videos lie anyway in H.264 before and could thus be displayed directly from the iPhone OS as well. Third, flash a security risk and does not work well with mobile devices. Other reasons he leads the negative impact on battery life, noting that Flash content is only for touch-based devices need to be adjusted. Sixth, try to Flash as a cross-platform development tool to achieve the lowest common denominator, from which “sub-standard apps” result and the progress of the platform is obstructed. The conclusion draws Steve Jobs, that Flash is not purely and simply created for mobile, touch-based devices.

In addition, show the willingness of media companies to rely on HTML5 that Apple was on the right path. And one final jab in the direction Adobe can not take Steve Jobs: “Perhaps Adobe should Focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on