Monday, March 31, 2008

Web Design Loses it's Flash

Visit this LINK FLASH ON IPHONE

I never could master flash. Now I'm freaking glad.
Why? Flash ran funny depending on the machine.
Jerks with super machines would create sites that tested great on super machines, but for those of us lesser folks, were left with stalled computers, sites that didn't function, or sketchy playback.

Sure, flash is awesome. But thanks to John Baurley, I diverted my attention to After Effects than Flash. Turns out to be a smart move.

You can't play flash on iphone, and probably never will for a few years.
Not everyone buys a new system, or even OS on an annual basis.
I still build websites using Dreamweaver 3, running in Os9. It's html, simple as that. And it loads quickly on iPhone.

Alas, given that you can upload MBs of photos, its good to keep page loads down to 2001 levels, which was around 10-50KB per page. Heck, Photoshop 7 can export to web and compress just fine.

Alright. Enough vindication.
Learn to code using a text editor. It's not flashy, but flashy doesn't work on the iPhone, and that matters. (Even youtube is broken on iPhone... freaking weird... but H.264 works.)

Soon you'll see sites that are iPhone Friendly. Orlandon't will wear that badge, shortly.