01219112 Intro to IT - Group 6: Why Apple banned Adobe Flash

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1. Technical possible reasons, why Apple banned Adobe Flash?
2. What is Flash? • Viewer for Flash content! • Video, games, interactive illustrations, gallery, access native APIs, 3D, etc.! • Example of users: YouTube, Facebook, Newsground! • Run on web browsers, mobile and standalone
3. Banned Why Apple banned Flash
4. Why Apple banned Flash • Not open • Unstable • Insecure • Slow • Dated
5. Flash is not open • The only application to open Flash file is Adobe Flash Player • Flash spec is open, but no complete implementation exists except for Adobe’s.
7. Flash is unstable • Often than not, Flash is the cause of crashing of OS X.
8. • 2012: 63 security vulnerabilities in CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) database • 54 are remote arbitrary code execution
 
 Source: cvedetails.com Flash is insecure
9. Flash is slow iPhone 3GS Nexus One! with Flash HTC HD2 Running Android 2.2
10. Flash is dated • Designed for a mouse & keyboard, not touch • Interface is not native.
11. HTML5: Alternative to Flash • Not 100% replacement • But rapidly improving
12. WebGL chrome.com/maze
13. WebRTC
14. Thank You