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Adobe shows off Flash to HTML5 conversion tool
The tool doesn't generate the best markup, but the ability to export your animations out of Flash to HTML, even if the final code needs some clean up, will certainly be appreciated by many developers. Flash isn't going away anytime soon but many will want to move their Flash content to HTML5 so it can run on devices that don't support Adobe's plug-in.
Wallaby means that Flash developers can easily reuse graphics, masks, and animations from their Flash projects in an HTML file. This previously took hours to do by hand. The tool will also tell you which elements can't be converted, like animated masks, filters, and ActionScript.
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buttus
on October 29, 2010 3:26 PM |
Apple STILL won't let flash onto their handsets...even with this tool. They are simply trying to be anti-competitve and freeze out a competitor. |
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Chazz
on October 29, 2010 4:01 PM |
HTML 5 is nowhere near a competitor to flash. And by the time they catch up flash would've updated and maintained their advantages. Everyone asking for flash to die has no idea what HTML is and what it can do. They also don't even know why flash should die, they are just following the "crowd". Steve Job's is attacking flash because they want to use a "open" web format? Steve Jobs and open? Oxymoron if I ever heard one. On top of that, Adobe updates flash when a weakness is found. When HTML5 is finalized and if it ever gets Adobe's market share. It will be a hackers dream. |
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TorturedChaos
on October 29, 2010 4:21 PM |
posermobile89 said: My gripe with HTML5 is it will be easy for people to steal your stuff. With flash, it was compiled, but with HTML5, is plain-text java script .
I have never once had trouble swiping a flash object from a website, for view offline. Some I have even opened with Adobe Flash and poked around in and had no troubles editing parts of it..... |
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Guest
on October 29, 2010 6:16 PM |
Flash consume lots of hardware resources. I wonder why Adobe wouldn't work on the hateful, annoying but needed it, at lest for now, to make it less system leeching in all hardwares including mobile devices. |
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Se7enVII
on October 29, 2010 6:27 PM |
Smart move by Adobe. Just wish HTML5 video had a richer feature set. Guess that is what will keep Flash and stuff like Silverlight relevant though. |
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topcoach
on October 29, 2010 6:50 PM |
This should help momentum grow behind HTML5. |
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princeton
on October 29, 2010 9:10 PM |
JudaZ said: Adobe kicks ass , once again. I love flash, but HTML5 seems to be whats coming weater we like it or not ... ...adobe just produced yet a new killer application.. (or a new version of a already existing great product) Would have prefered if Adobe told Apple to f*ck off .....Apple only have aprox 5% of the computer market after all.. .but we are not living in a perfect world.. 5% of the computer market. 1st of all that is growing rapidly, and two, they have a huge chunk of the mobile market. |
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ruzveh
on October 29, 2010 10:55 PM |
certainly dont understand why adobe wants to make this conversion. It is making its flash less usuable than HTML5, now everyone will use HTML5 than flash and adobe has given them another platform to use HTML5 |
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gnarph
on October 31, 2010 4:04 PM |
I can't help but wonder how flash would be faring against HTML5 if they didn't have such issues with Apple (not to say Adobe is the party at fault). |
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FransB
on October 31, 2010 5:41 PM |
Adobe Makes the best HTML5 tools ^_^ :P |
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klepto12
on October 31, 2010 10:32 PM |
i think flash still has its place html 5 is a very cool concept but it seems like there taking alot away from everyone by doing this i hate it for flash based systems and the people who make flash movies and the such. |
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ucould2
on November 1, 2010 2:02 AM |
xcelofjkl said: Adobe's been in hot water lately, they've been having serious security vulnerabilities in a lot of their products particularly Acrobat Reader. Watch out. Ah so that's why I have this problem [thread=151587]Click Me![/thread] when I choose to view/download a PDF |
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Guest
on November 1, 2010 9:07 AM |
I am so happy about html 5 because this will mean no more installing new flash every month or so and over 500 pc by hand. as Adobe will not make an easily accessible MIS file for the flash player that will allow you to roll it out with an unattended rollout. from start up scripts |
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kaonis92
on November 3, 2010 4:22 PM |
It looks like Jobs did some good to Adobe after all! |
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fluxcapacitor
on November 5, 2010 12:33 PM |
I don't think that this is gonna take off. Not HTML 5 specifically, but this conversion tool. I have a close friend who does some amazing things with Flash development and charges crazy rates when doing freelance work. The only reason right now for this tool would be to get Flash content on Apple devices which I don't think warrants the time and work involved in converting. |
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Guest
on January 6, 2011 5:49 AM |
In response to a comment above, Flash is compiled yes, but it can also be decompiled. Stealing Flash code is just as easy as stealing JS/HTML. There are methods which make such theft a lot harder, however it is never completely secure. Encoding variables and obfuscating/compressing code makes it a lot harder for someone to read, yet they can make your code a lot heavier to process and even break an application. To all those who speak of the death of Flash... please do you research. To do a rough comparison, Flash is probably on HTML15, and considering the length of time that it takes for a Spec to come out of its draft stage, and the slow adoption of such technologies by companies such as Microsoft, I don't see HTML catching up with Flash anytime soon. As far as I'm aware, HTML5 is still in its draft spec! The Flash platform is becoming increasingly versatile, covering desktop, web, mobile and now TV. With API's such as AIR, Molehill, stageVideo, RTMFP etc being released, Flash is still a clear choice for powerful cross platform solutions. Android/Samsung/YouView are already adopting Flash as a build tool for device apps, how can one state that this is a dying technology? The number of mobile devices that don't support flash is dwindling (the iDevice range), and are soon to be left out in the cold. Even they have made significant concessions to allow Flash to be used on their platform (albeit an as3 to obj-C conversion tool). Now to the point... The conversion tool looks great, can't wait to play! |
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Guest
on March 11, 2011 12:40 PM |
Where can we download From app store Plz answer |
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Guest
on March 11, 2011 4:33 PM |
it doesn't support filters , and Actionscript . so what it supports? a tween between two frames? I just made a very very simple .fla file and Wallaby couldn't convert it . I think adobe should work on flash player more than anything else . the controversy about flash is all about flash player . about browsers that crash , about cpu and graphic usage of flash player and things like that . adobe should work on flash player and make it more efficient . |
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Guest
on March 14, 2011 11:59 PM |
no its not flash is live and kicking and adobe is opening the doors for flash developers even more with this really cool new tool. here is a video now that the product is out how it works and how you can play with it: http://everythingfla.com/quickies/wallaby |
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Guest
on March 16, 2011 4:35 AM |
Wallaby sounds like it may save the animation heart of Flash, in the interest of saving the format. For Flash animators who specialize in online advertising, this is a good thing. For Flash developers...? |
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