Convert Flash to HTML 5 Online
It has been 5 years since the announcement of HTML5, still we are watching the war between the staunch flash developers and HTML-5 web-makers who continues to fight with their SWF and CANVAS swords :).Of course as a developer I know 'its a matter of survive ', but early adopters of HTML 5 doing rapid application development than flash which leads existing flash developers to move into this new path. I personally think that both Flash and HTML5 have their own pros and cons.But as a web 2.0 is expanding like viral we have to adopt such changes for future simplicity.
HTML 5's major advantages over flash :
1. Write once deploy everywhere :
HTML 5 is a powerful technology having web-centric architecture , which help you to run any html5 code in any html 5 compatible device. No need to develop separate software/app for every different devices like mobiles, browsers etc.
2. Coding standerds & Performance :
HTML 5 is easy to learn and code which help developer to write optimistic code in less time. Resource consumption of HTML 5 is much lesser than ordinary flash animations, which makes html5 mobile device compatible. As HTML 5 consume less resources it help mobile device to save their batteries. Flash eat lots of battery of mobile device than html5.
3. Better for SEO :
We know that HTML 5 include variety of advance tags, which will help search engine robot/bot to easily crawl the content and sort it according to tag properties.We can't do such things with flash 🙁 That's why google algorithms stop considering flash for SERP.
Though these 2 technologies are combating, you can use both, depending on your objectives. If you are looking to build once with average-to-good functionality that works in every eco-system, then HTML5 is a great option. For more advance requirement go with flash. I'm sharing some list of online tools which help you to convert your Flash into HTML 5 format.
Though these tools have limitation still it will help you for small scale conversion.
Converting FLASH SWF into HTML5 tools:
1. Google Swiffy :
Swiffy converts Flash SWF files to HTML5, allowing you to reuse Flash content on devices without a Flash player (such as iPhones and iPads). It has limitation of file size, you can convert only up to 1 MB swf into html5
2. PixelPlant :
This is another service which also include processing of action script along with swf. It support up to 2MB swf file size for conversion. It have rich UI along with drag and drop facility
3. Adobe Wallaby :
Its a complimentary extension available for Adobe Flash Pro. CS6 users , enables us to leverage the rich animation & drawing capabilities of Flash Pro. CS6 while you make the transition to creating HTML5-based content. It take f.la file as an i/p.
[yframe url='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryZP00_KhYE']
Wallaby translates the following Content :
- Vector graphics to SVG
- Bitmaps to <img> elements and JPEG files
- Text to <p> elements or SVG text
- Flash timeline to a group of CSS animations
- ActionScript, Sound, Video and other assets are discarded.
Wallaby is not a final product & is still in the testing & validation phase,we have to use it according to our needs.
Look like HTML-5 will replace simple flash in upcoming days but its hard to beat the advance features of flash using html5.
What do you think, which 1 will survive in upcoming web world ? Your suggestions & answers about html5 vs flash are most welcome.
