According to CNet.com, HTML5 is a key part of the threat to Flash, but Adobe is indicating it’s willingness to embrace the alternative.
Adobe has been telegraphing its interest in HTML5 and CSS3, a related new version of the cascading style sheets standard for web page formatting. But after Apple’s Steve Jobs trashed Flash, Lynch said, “We’re going to try and make the best tools in the world for HTML5.”
In March, it appeared Adobe was moving full steam ahead with demonstrations of CSS3 to handle screen size variation and of an HTML5 feature called canvas for 2D graphics.
At the time, Adobe said it won’t be in the next version of CS, but three weeks after the release of Dreamweaver CS5, the company is showing a faster response.
"The excitement around HTML5 and all it brings is really exciting,” said Lea Hickman, senior director of product management in Adobe's Creative Solutions business.
“Dreamweaver has a huge opportunity to help that move forward even faster. One thing missing now around HTML5 is great tooling."
Hickman added, “Adobe heard such an overwhelming response to the HTML5 and CSS3 demos from March, that we decided to roll it out after CS5.”
The HTML5 update will be available on the Adobe Labs site. The update itself will let Web developers see and manage HTML5 coding without the software being baffled by the new syntax and options, Hickman said.
In addition, the update includes a new version of the WebKit browser for live previewing of projects under development.