SAN FRANCISCO: Apple chief executive Steve Jobs took his case against Adobe’s Flash software public on Thursday, arguing that the product is a flop on touchscreen gadgets such as the iPhone and iPad. “Flash was created during the PC (personal computer) era for PCs and mice,” Jobs said in an open letter posted at the Cupertino California
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs took his case against Adobe’s Flash software public on Thursday, arguing that the product is a flop on touchscreen gadgets such as the iPhone and iPad.
“Apple CEO Steve Jobs reportedly told the Wall Street Journal it would be ‘trivial’ for the newspaper to ditch Adobe’s Flash software in preparation for the iPad. Media-industry types who disagree have been emailing us. ‘Oh, sure, just use Javascript: well guess what, we don‘t have a bunch of code junkies in our newsroom. We do have some great designers who’ve picked up Flash and enough …