Looks like the expected happened. Adobe is coming out with a FLA to HTML converter… pretty cool stuff from ADOBE MAX. The only thing is the real power is still lacking — it doesn’t convert AS3 code. It’s still a good thing if your looking to export your pure flash animation to HTML. We were previously looking into the announcement of the SENCHA ANIMATOR, a new tool to render animations from a time-line in CSS3 but the flash animation tools seem to have greater power and be more evolved.

It’s tough to say “HTML5 ” but that is the big buzz word these days, even though it’s not really HTML5 — by the way that is the standard that WC3 have openly said is not ready. Most of the stuff being called “HTML5″ is really a mix of Javascript, HTML, CSS2-3, and SVG, with some HTML5 tags. I’m sure everyone will be calling it a FLASH to HTML5 converter anyway. Check out the video below…

Adobe has always been interested in keeping content consistent and accessible across all screens, not to mention having that content be scalable enough to port to differing screens. With that said, there have been some cool tricks to display the right video for the right device or screen since the iPhone ‘s lack of support for the flash player plug-in, including SWFObject and a mix of some different video formats with some nice HTML coding, but this solution for video from ADOBE looks pretty good… the HTML5 video player widget. Fully customizable with CSS for the video interface, this will play the Flash Video if HTML video tag is not supported in the browser or the device preference – leveraging a bit of javascript.

http://blogs.adobe.com/dreamweaver/2010/10/adobe-announces-the-html5-video-player-widget.html

Another article from FAST COMPANY explaining that Apple has opened the door to Adobe, allowing content creators to use their tool of choice to create applications for iPhone and iPad. Most likely due to pressure from the huge amount of content being created on Android, and the success of it’s platform across multiple screens.

I just got an Android device, and let me say… this thing definitely has it’s roots and inspiration from Apple (thanks guys)… but it really blows an iPhone away !! And I can view flash content and flash websites on the device – no more running to my desktop/laptop to view content… it’s just the icing on the cake.

Read the article about Apple opening the doors here: http://www.fastcompany.com/1687857/did-apple-just-open-the-door-to-adobe-flash-on-iphones