Adobe abandons work on Flash plug-in for mobile devices

[Nathan Wootton]

Software developer Adobe Systems is halting development of its Flash Player plug-in for mobile devices.

The multimedia software is used to run movies, games and other applications.

Adobe says it now believes the alternative HTML 5 technology offers the "best solution" because it is "universally supported".

The Flash plug-in works on Android devices and Blackberry's Playbook tablet, but Apple barred it from iPhones and iPads.

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[Ink]

About time, but it would have better if they had decided this when Steve Jobs was around.

I think Microsoft also helped when they said IE10 Metro wouldn't support Flash either.