Khamis, 30 Ogos 2012

Flash tidak lagi relevan dalam e-learning?

Ramai juga yang mengeluh dengan keadaan ini. Masalah ini akan berlaku dalam pembelajaran secara mobil, di mana terdapat pelajar yang menggunakan produk keluaran Apple seperti Ipad atau Iphone. Apple telah mengisytiharkan tidak akan menyokong Flash dalam pelayar web mereka, Safari.

Namun begitu, bagi mereka yang tetap ingin menggunakan Flash dalam Ipad atau Iphone, mereka boleh menggunakan pelayar web yang menyokong Flash seperti berikut:

Puffin


Puffin browser stands at the top of this group in terms of both usability and affordability. Available free of charge at AppStore, Puffin promptly handles Flash projects including audio, video, interactivity, and quizzes. All QuizMaker question categories are supported, including type-in and drag-and-drop questions. Drag-and-drop is performed with a two-finger tap on a touchpad emulator.

The playback of large video and audio files can be rather slow. English is the only supported language for type-in questions.

Appsverse Photon


The Photon browser allows switching between Flash browsing mode and a faster non-Flash mode. This browser provides the smoothest video playback in the group. It also supports interactivity, and fairly supports quizzes and iSpring Kinetics interactions. Drag-and-drop is performed with a finger tap.

Despite smooth video playback, all interactions are performed quite slowly in the browser. Unless you are viewing a large Flash project, switching between two modes can be inconvenient. English is the only supported language for type-in questions as well.

iSwifter


This Flash web browser handles audio and video narrations and project's interactive items as well. It also has the drag-and-drop feature, performed with a finger tap. iSwifter offers a 10-minute free trial session for 7 days and then has to be purchased at AppStore for $4.99.

iSwifter's reaction to your actions is performed with lags. The browser often has issues and errors while displaying the web page. It also doesn't support non-English languages. The browser can only be used on iPads.

Cloud Browse


CloudBrowse has the familiar interface of a desktop browser. Browser's reaction to clicks is quite smooth. It also supports video, audio, interactivity and drag-and-drop. If you purchase the basic CloudBrowse app for $2.99, they provide a free 24-hour trial of their unlimited subscription.

CloudBrowse doesn't adapt a web page to fit the screen of your device. If the web page is too wide to fit the screen, you will have to move it to view the contents. Presentations are played with a low frame rate, which results in slower animations and video playback. Drag-and-drop is performed with a two-finger tap, which may be inconvenient for dragging small items. Small objects can be magnified, but is becomes impossible to drop them beyond the magnified area.

Saya berpendapat, adalah lebih baik jika tumpuan diberikan kepada penggunaan HTML 5. Adobe juga nampaknya mengaku kalah dan mula mengeluarkan produk yang boleh menerbitkan fail HTML 5. Paparannya juga menarik dan kebanyakan pelayar web baru menyokongnya tanpa perlu menginstal plugin.

Salah satu contoh laman web dengan HTML 5: http://mediarain.com/edge/

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