Michael Gaigg: Über UI/UX Design

HTML5 and the Future of Adobe Flash [and Silverlight]

Posted by Michael Gaigg

Really interesting research note by Gartner.

Key findings:

• HTML5 will become the mainstream of the Web during the next decade.
• HTML5 is a potential threat to the continued adoption of plug-in based RIA approaches (including Flash/Silverlight).

Recommendations:

• Enterprises should try avoid becoming dependent on any one browser or client-side technology.
• Enterprise developers should “design for standards” and not browsers or runtimes.
• Developers should favor the lightest-weight technology that will meet their requirements.
• Architects should consider hybrid approaches […]
• Before purchasing or committing to a new UI technology or platform, enterprises should first invest in a user-centered design process based on objective data about user behavior.

Complete Analysis: http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/pdfs/html5_flash.pdf

On a personal note I especially like the following part (btw: brilliantly written):

The average enterprise will continue to make ineffective use of any and all available UI technologies.