Apple building its own Flash, says rogue Tweeter

As Steve Jobs goes out of his way to badmouth Adobe Flash and keep it off both the iPhone and the iPad, Apple is developing its own Flash alternative. Citing tweets from a developer who viewed a demo of the technology, AppleInsider reports that Steve Jobs and company are developing a standards-based framework for building rich …

[Anonymous Coward]

Need a good lawyer?

With talk like that you could be looking for one.

[Anonymous Coward]

Can we start proof-reading please?

Cocoa is Apple's object-oriented programming environment for the Mac, the iPhone, the iPod touch, and the iPad, and WebObjects is its web application framework.

... (JavascripyMVC is also open source).

...He's also intent of preventing developers from using a technology

Lots of grammar issues in this article I'm sad to say...

[SlabMan]

@Levente Szileszky

I think they'd explain it as 'we're helping people develop web apps using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS' - which is true.

So, to join the secret society of Apple-inspired Flash-murderers, you need (apart from the cloak, ritual dagger, and decoder ring) a copy of Notepad.

What is the world coming to?

[Jared Earle]

Gianduia not a Flash killer

So, now it turns out Gianduia is just a WebObjects Javascript framework, where does that leave all the gnashing and wailing?

[Anonymous Coward]

Delay...

"Apple demoed the technology last summer at World of WebObjects Developer Conference "

...and El Reg reported on it today...

[Neil 7]

@RE: @Because it will be multitouch aware

> I'm a consumer and I *REALLY* don't want Flash. It has crashed my browser

> numerous times and seems to eat up CPU cycles.

> So what's your point?

Don't install it then. That would be your choice.

Some people want Flash Player, and this is why there should be a CHOICE whether to install Flash or not.

By me suggesting it should be made available, I'm not trying to force it on anyone - I'm just saying that if some consumers want it, why should they be prevented from having it? You on the other hand seem to be trying to force your point of view on others, because you don't like it. Are you Steve Jobs in disguise? ;)