04-12-2010, 08:25 PM
I don't know, I still don't find Firefox to be very platform friendly. It isn't terrible, just okay. Then again, I use Opera and it is far from native. Can't wait until Opera 10.5 so that I can finally have a Cocoa native version on my Mac.
QuickTime on Windows is pretty bad. iTunes is okay (I've seen worse apps from "Windows only" developers).
Adobe is an okay company, but they have their warts as well. The Adobe Reader installer on any platform is atrocious. Forcing MS not to bundle a PDF printing tool with Office? Strange, to say the least. The Flash experience isn't very good on any platform, but has gotten much better in the last couple years. My main frustration was that OS X, a platform that had long integrated the Flash plug-in as a component of the base installation, existed as a second class citizen, while Windows, a platform that made it a point of fact not to bundle Flash, was considered the primary development target. I would guess increased competition via Silverlight and HTML5 has encouraged Adobe to stop resting on their laurels. CS suite activation is onerous. I could go on, but what would be the point?
I could start a similar list regarding Apple, but again, what's the point. The bad Flash developers (as opposed to the good Flash developers) will continue to foist their crap upon the web, and the suffering will continue. I actually feel bad for the people who actually do a great job with their Flash content. I liken the situation to how JavaScript is actually as bad of an offender as Flash, but that doesn't mean that JS isn't incredibly useful when coded properly. The dearth of quality developers may be the true problem. What is the saying? When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Maybe that's the problem with developers who only understand one language or runtime.
My issues with Flash goes back at least 5, maybe 8 years. The more prevalent Flash became, the more my frustration with web browsing grew. This has nothing to do with Apple's corporate position because as I mentioned, Apple was actually a big Flash supported during that time frame.
Yet, I use Flash, especially on my Wii. That's how Wii transfer is able to stream my video files. I appreciate the functionality. I don't hate Flash. I want it to get a lot better, or I want it to be surpassed by better options. Simple really.
Nathan
QuickTime on Windows is pretty bad. iTunes is okay (I've seen worse apps from "Windows only" developers).
Adobe is an okay company, but they have their warts as well. The Adobe Reader installer on any platform is atrocious. Forcing MS not to bundle a PDF printing tool with Office? Strange, to say the least. The Flash experience isn't very good on any platform, but has gotten much better in the last couple years. My main frustration was that OS X, a platform that had long integrated the Flash plug-in as a component of the base installation, existed as a second class citizen, while Windows, a platform that made it a point of fact not to bundle Flash, was considered the primary development target. I would guess increased competition via Silverlight and HTML5 has encouraged Adobe to stop resting on their laurels. CS suite activation is onerous. I could go on, but what would be the point?
I could start a similar list regarding Apple, but again, what's the point. The bad Flash developers (as opposed to the good Flash developers) will continue to foist their crap upon the web, and the suffering will continue. I actually feel bad for the people who actually do a great job with their Flash content. I liken the situation to how JavaScript is actually as bad of an offender as Flash, but that doesn't mean that JS isn't incredibly useful when coded properly. The dearth of quality developers may be the true problem. What is the saying? When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Maybe that's the problem with developers who only understand one language or runtime.
My issues with Flash goes back at least 5, maybe 8 years. The more prevalent Flash became, the more my frustration with web browsing grew. This has nothing to do with Apple's corporate position because as I mentioned, Apple was actually a big Flash supported during that time frame.
Yet, I use Flash, especially on my Wii. That's how Wii transfer is able to stream my video files. I appreciate the functionality. I don't hate Flash. I want it to get a lot better, or I want it to be surpassed by better options. Simple really.
Nathan