Steve Jobs says Flash will crash my browser on my Mac. I grew up as a PC, but 3 years ago I switched to a Mac. In all that time, I’ve never had Flash crash my browser.

Here’s a little “Public Service Announcement” I did showcasing my findings on Flash in the browser on a Mac.

You’ve been warned.

iBrent

The other day Steve Jobs wrote an open letter on Apple.com, and listed his reasons for not supporting Flash on the iPhone OS devices (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch). I’m not going to go into the many reasons why his opinion is extremely misinformed and that his posturing is purely political. But I do want to address this idea that HTML5 is the Flash alternative, and the only way to get the “full web experience“.

Here is a video I did showcasing some of the best HTML5 website experiences I could find, all on the iPad.

UPDATE: Holy Viral Videos Batman! I posted this at midnight Friday night (April 30th) and it’s already had over 20k views in two days!

As you can see, it’s terrible. Non of the sites work as the developers intended. The graphics are a joke, the game play non existent, and the video experience laughable. Now, running on a desktop machine, these examples work better, IF you use a browser that supports all of the HTML5 tags being used.

Just for kicks, I recorded this video showcasing the same HTMl5 sites on a Nexus One.

Some apps run better, and some even worse! My point is, HTML5 does not give a consistent user experience across devices. It doesn’t even give a consistent user experience across browsers!

Lucky for us, Android will be getting Flash Player 10.1 in June. Meanwhile, us developers (or is it we developers?) have to maintain multiple development environments in order to monetize our mobile apps across devices.

iBrent

I’ve started a new series on iPhone development with Flash CS5. You can see the start of this series on my YouTube channel here.

In these first tutorials, I show you how to create a developer certificate, a .p12 certificate, and a mobile provisioning profile, all from a Windows machine. All you need for development is an iPhone developer account, iTunes, Flash CS5, and an iPhone/iPod Touch or iPad to test with.

It’s a great time to be a Flash developer! =D

-iBrent

I’m pleased to announce my first iPhone app made with Flash CS5. Now, this is just one of the many things you can do with Flash, so keep that in mind when you view the app on your iPhone or iPod Touch. You can certainly do a lot more than what this app shows.

Here’s the link to the app store here, and the website I set up for it here.

I’ll be releasing a tutorial on how I made this app soon. Enjoy!

iBrent

Wow! What an exciting year this is going to be! Adobe has been releasing some exciting video of Flash Player 10.1 on mobile devices. With the web experience lacking on mobile devices, these advancements in Flash truly bring the “desktop” internet experience to your phone. Not only can you now show content written in ActionScript 3 on mobile devices, you also get these added features and optimizations mentioned here.

Check out this video showing FP 10.1 on the Motorola Droid:

And here it is on the new Google Nexus One:

This truly brings the full web experience to mobile devices. Now if only Apple would get with the program.

It’s an exciting time to be a Flash developer! If you haven’t taken the plunge into ActionScript 3, now is the time!

To an exciting new year,

iBrent

One of the things I enjoy most is helping people solve their Flash/Flex bugs. Whether helping coworkers, or answering forum posts at GTAL, I enjoy the challenge of solving problems. I’m in the process of ramping up my tutorial production and as part of the increase in tutorials, I’m adding a forum to the site.

Ask iBrent is a place where you can ask about any of the tutorials I’ve written as well as any other Flash Platform and related technologies questions. No, I don’t have all the answers, but I’m hoping others will lend a hand to help answer your questions. =D

– iBrent

Need Flex training? Looking to get your Flash development team up to speed with Flex and AIR? Contact me for offsite/onsite Flex training opportunities here. Be sure to check out my professional Flex training tutorials available exclusively at CartoonSmart.

I’ve added a small sample of portfolio projects to “Computer” and added my tutorial information under “Tutorials”. I’m still not satisfied with the layout of the portfolio component, but it’s getting there.

Also, I’ve fixed the clock so it updates more often (and correctly, DOH!). Thanks Daniel for the suggestion!

Anywho, check it out here –> MyFlexPortfolio.com

– iBrent

Awhile ago I bought the domain name myflexportfolio.com. As you can imagine, it’s to show off my Flex portfolio. =D

I went with a computer desktop theme and so it’s organized with “desktop” icons, and a taskbar and such. You can switch themes by right-clicking and choosing the custom context menu item. Feel free to ‘View source” as well to see how I implemented my design.

Currently it’s a work in progress, but I figure I’d get it out there, and force myself to get it finished. Anywho, feel free to check it out, and keep coming back as I update it.

iBrent

Announcing the first ever “Ask iBrent” free online Flash Q&A session. The idea is to get a number of questions from anyone interested in Flash or Flex. I’ll spend about an hour responding to these questions with a live demonstration and code samples. It’s my way of giving back to the awesome Flash community. If this first session is a success, I’ll plan to do more in the future.

Be sure to check out my post over at GTAL here –> http://www.gotoandlearnforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=24520 for more info. Please note that the free online meeting service I’m using only has room for 20 users, so be sure to add your question to the GTAL post in order to attend this free online session.

iBrent