Note that I really want to use Canvas - but at the moment when it comes to interactive graphical applications I don't think the two are currently directly comparable.
They’ll never be directly comparable. Canvas is a bitmap drawing field, Flash is a vector drawing field with enhancements. If you want to do vector stuff you’re probably better off using SVG.
Honestly, I think canvas will catch up to Flash in capabilities pretty quickly. And I'm holding out hope for OpenCL hooks for Javascript for this reason precisely. What's really needed now is a good editor like Flash's studio.
People are still largely doing everything by hand-coding things. Put Flash on that same level, and see how easy things are to do.
Install base is a big factor to security.
Interactive graphics that work on the iPhone and iPad.
Seriously, this argument is getting old. Chose the right technology for your purpose and use it wisely to prevent CPU spikes, security issues, etc. HTML makes strides forward and so does Flash. HTML is great for 90% of all needs, and Flash fills in the other 10% where you need some more flexibility, play audio, have multiple file-uploads, run it as an Air app on the desktop, etc.
What, HTML isn't installed on almost every computer in the world?
First, it starts off talking about the iPad and how Flash may not be the CPU hog its made out to be. It then goes on to say that HTML5 is more efficient than Flash in Safari. The iPad runs Safari, in effect contradicting their previous argument about the iPad.
Next, they say that Apple could allow Adobe to make Flash faster, all they have to do is open up access to the hardware APIs. Who exactly wants a browser plugin to have low level access to the hardware APIs?
Seems kind of ridiculous to say that something else is at work here. Does Apple want to kill Flash? Probably, but even if they didn't want to, they've got plenty of reasons not to allow flash on the iPhone/iPad/etc.
Flash VS HTML5 is a no brainer for any sane person.
I almost forgot, FU Adobe i use FreeBSD.
Good riddance.
