February 11, 2010
Gartner on Flash and HTML5
Very interesting analysis from Gartner on the Flash vs. HTML5 dust up. HTML5 is the future but isn’t as capable as Flash (yet), Apple’s opposition to Flash is due to “some kind of personal grudge or beef that Steve Jobs has with Adobe”, most Flash content doesn’t really need to be in Flash (here, here). And finally:
…the average enterprise won’t effectively use Flash or HTML5 or any other shiny new UI technology. Because the root problem as I see it is not lack of powerful UI technology. Instead, the root causes for sub-optimal user experience have to do with lack of appropriate process, and governance, and lack of a genuine commitment to a quality user experience. Such a commitment would lead organizations to adopt a user-centered usability-oriented development process. Rather than taking these steps, we see a lot of projects that are “stakeholder driven” (i.e., driven by internal politics).
Via UX Magazine