Why is this not a surprise? Wouldn’t have something to do with there being no Flash on the iPhone or iPad?
[T]he latest publication of HTML5 is now blocked by Adobe, via an objection that has still not been made public (despite yesterday’s promise to make it so).
via: Hixie’s Natural Log: Consistency.
Adobe also claimed 7 million attempts to download Flash from iphones. According to Marc Edwards, that’s way less than the hits he got on Bjango’s web site since the iPhone was released. Adobe should be putting their efforts into making Flash good software rather than trying fight alternatives. Apple wouldn’t have been choosing alternatives if Flash wasn’t rubbish on Mac OS X. Not surprisingly though, Adobe are working on Flash for Windows Mobile 7. Not sure what good that’ll be with Windows Mobile use dropping like a stone.
Edit: According to John Nack at Adobe, the claim that they are blocking HTML 5 is bullshit. This doesn’t negate that Adobe spin a load of crap themselves though. The most ironic thing is that John Nack says he is working to ensure that HTML 5 isn’t hijacked by vendor interests, yet Adobe wants to be dominant with Flash and can’t handle the truth when someone like Steve Jobs calls them lazy. They made their own bed and now they must sleep in it.
