(keitai-l) Re: Flash vs. Java, Round 2

From: William Volk <bvolk_at_bonusmobile.com>
Date: 12/05/05
Message-ID: <BFB8FE97.16493%bvolk@bonusmobile.com>
Stephen's comment of:

> 4. Flash Lite is okay for some casual games, but not competitive with the
> high end Java/C++ games. The business types generally don't like to program
> in Flash - there is still an image issue that Flash is for web banners.
> Despite the advances made by Macromedia, debugging/programming in Flash is
> still less productive than in Java.

Is true for Flash Lite 1.1.  The question is, will Flash Lite 2.0 have the
power of Flash on the web.  Flash Lite 1.1 was based on a older version of
Flash, Flash 4, which never had much of a following on the web.

On the web Flash has dominated Java Applets since Flash 5 when it comes to
games.

William Volk
CEO, Bonus Mobile Entertainment
858 692 1124
Received on Mon Dec 5 06:14:24 2005