Convert Flash to HTML5 with Adobe Wallaby

.NET magazine reports this month that Adobe has released a "Flash-to-web-standards converter" called Wallaby, that basically takes your FLA file and spits out standards compliant HTML5 with accompanying JavaScript.

I must say I was waiting for Adobe to make a move like this ever since Apple got the mardies and decided to not support the Flash Player on its mobile devices. But I thought it might be a feature of CS6, I didn't expect it to be a free Adobe AIR app that I could download today.

.NET quotes senior product manager at Flash Professional as saying "Wallaby's initial focus is on converting banner ads and simple animations to HTML5, to cater for iOS, but that future development will be driven by consumer requirements..." buy .NET for more info.

So, while not expecting great shakes for some of my more advanced Flash work, I can't wait to see what it can do... I'm going to have a play.