How will HTML5 replace Adobe Flash?

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I've been hearing all this talk about Flash no longer being available, and HTML5 will be taking over. I'm really concerned since now Adobe is saying Flash will no longer be supported on Android versions beyond 4.0. so that means no Flash Player for 4.1 Jelly Bean, most people (including myself) were moving to Android devices because they were fed up with being restricted on the Internet with Apple products. so without Flash where does that leave us as far as video playback and web browsing goes? where does HTML5 come in? is this where it replaces Flash?  I would love to get as many answers as possible. Please' serious answers only,

LDP · Accepted Answer

HTML5 is the new open standard that is currently being developed by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) for internet websites. It is hoped that in the future, Flash will be (almost) completely replaced by HTML5, since HTML5 has new features - the most prominent of which is video playback.

However, it will take time to not only finalise the HTML5 specifications, but for websites to adapt to HTML5 technology, all web users to switch to up-to-date browsers (Internet Explorer causes the most issues) and browsers to completely support the new specification.

Even now, though, you can opt into a HTML5 trial on YouTube (the largest video sharing site in the world). See here for more details: https://www.youtube.com/html5/

This is a good move, because Flash has security issues and is a closed, patented standard (owned by Adobe, I believe) and HTML5 can help to make the web more open.

It must be noted, however, there are some things that Flash can do that HTML5 (current specification) can't, which includes the playback of encrypted (protected) content.

Anonymous · Answer

Well, currently some webpages have embedded Flash, but HTML5 can do many of the things you couldn't do in older versions, replacing Flash in some cases. However, Flash is going to be a lot easier to implement, and it's certainly not going to be replaced anytime soon; there are several things you still wouldn't be able to do with HTML5. I'd suggest you go ahead and learn basic Flash; it's good to know, and the HTML5 techniques that 'replace' it are pretty advanced, so it's not worth trying to use it yet.

Anonymous · Answer

I work in the HTML5 industry. Here are my thoughts:

From the technology level, HTML5 is already so far ahead of Flash, because of three reasons:

1) A lot more developers are choosing HTML5 over Flash.
2) With HTML5, there is the HUGE option to go mobile. Can't do this with Flash.
3) There's not much support from Adobe for Flash, especially on mobile.

Flash will continue to exist on desktop browsers. Having said that, most of the growth in online services come from mobile, so HTML5 will eventually be fully dominant (by far).

On a side note, businesses (and brands) and shifting their attention to HTML5 as means to capture and engage consumers on all mediums, including smartphones, tablets and traditional desktops. I view this phenomenon as a strong indicator of HTML5's success.

References:
- Our company builds HTML5-based projects for brands. Feel free to read some case studies on how brands are approaching this: http://www.marketjs.com/case-study
- http://pando.com/2013/06/27/standards-always-win-for-scalability-the-case-for-html5-for-brands-and-publishers/

? · Answer

HTML 5 supports video playback by it self and the browsers will support it natively so a flash player will become unnecessary

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