Comments on: Betting on the web http://www.zeldman.com/2010/02/27/betting-on-the-web/ Web design news and insights since 1995 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:54:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Evan Skuthorpe http://www.zeldman.com/2010/02/27/betting-on-the-web/#comment-53142 Evan Skuthorpe Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:56:20 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/?p=3902#comment-53142 I don't like Apples approach. It's going against the grain of open (insert favoured web topic here) that the web is heading towards. Apple's restrictions of Flash for example is a big gamble. Regardless of your view on Flash, it's still a big part of the 'web experience'. Ultimately though, either Flash will die or be reduced to a minor part of the old web or Apple will reverse their decision in the near future under the weight of an already established web component and it's users/fans complaints. Personally for me, the web is an open platform and devices that don't support a given technology do so at their own peril. The iPad is a bit of a joke; both short sighted and a quick money maker that wont dent the laptop or handheld market at all. Open universal platforms are the way forward and Apple are going against the grain. I don’t like Apples approach. It’s going against the grain of open (insert favoured web topic here) that the web is heading towards. Apple’s restrictions of Flash for example is a big gamble. Regardless of your view on Flash, it’s still a big part of the ‘web experience’.

Ultimately though, either Flash will die or be reduced to a minor part of the old web or Apple will reverse their decision in the near future under the weight of an already established web component and it’s users/fans complaints.

Personally for me, the web is an open platform and devices that don’t support a given technology do so at their own peril. The iPad is a bit of a joke; both short sighted and a quick money maker that wont dent the laptop or handheld market at all.

Open universal platforms are the way forward and Apple are going against the grain.

]]> By: ed splam http://www.zeldman.com/2010/02/27/betting-on-the-web/#comment-53070 ed splam Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:01:34 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/?p=3902#comment-53070 Apple is so confident of their implementation of the open web that they need to ban all potential competitors from their platform. Truly inspiring. Apple is so confident of their implementation of the open web that they need to ban all potential competitors from their platform.

Truly inspiring.

]]> By: DN http://www.zeldman.com/2010/02/27/betting-on-the-web/#comment-53064 DN Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:50:51 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/?p=3902#comment-53064 *displays/links to new/identical URL for confirmation *displays/links to new/identical URL for confirmation

]]> By: DN http://www.zeldman.com/2010/02/27/betting-on-the-web/#comment-53063 DN Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:49:54 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/?p=3902#comment-53063 (Sorry for the OT, but: Opera Mini goes into an infinite confirmation loop when trying to handle the redirect to the mobile version of the ALA semantic Flash article. Looks from here like it's trying to redirect to itself, and Mini displays the new/identical URL, and since it doesn't tend to activate links to the same page... going to the URL directly doesn't help, though, so I'd assume there's an actual issue, and it's not just Opera being weird.) (Sorry for the OT, but: Opera Mini goes into an infinite confirmation loop when trying to handle the redirect to the mobile version of the ALA semantic Flash article. Looks from here like it’s trying to redirect to itself, and Mini displays the new/identical URL, and since it doesn’t tend to activate links to the same page… going to the URL directly doesn’t help, though, so I’d assume there’s an actual issue, and it’s not just Opera being weird.)

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