Report: Apple To Animate Safari As Flash Alternative

Ed Sutherland ()

safari_box1.pngApple plans to offer all Safari users something already available to iPhone and iPod touch owners: animation. The new CSS Animation feature is part of the WebKit Apple may use to provide an alternative to Adobe’s Flash player, a report suggested Friday.

A development version of the Mac OS X Safari includes animated effects such as falling leaves and a box in motion, reports said.

For some time, programmers have used CSS Animation for the mobile version of Safari. The routines allow Web developers to present animated graphics and 3D effects, removing the need for complex JavaScript, according to MacRumors.

If Apple succeeds in getting animation included in the CSS standard used by developers, the move could threaten Adobe Flash, which currently is the dominate method for Web animation.

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  • http://icedtrip.net icedtrip

    Although I am not a fan of flash, and have no problem if it ever sees the light of day on the iPhone, I think people care less about the animation aspects of flash not being on the iPhone and more about not being able to watch flash videos and the like.

  • http://www.otheroom.com Barry Wood

    There’s a huge difference between a little animation and Flash, which allows for complete web applications.

  • Camperton

    Cute animations are no substitute for being able to watch the vast majority of video on the web.

  • http://www.smolenski.com bobsmo

    Apple will continue to diddle around and the Palm Pre will crush it.