I've never quite understood why Adobe can't just rewrite Flash to make it compatible with the iPhone and iPad. Why not rewrite it so that it is essentially HTML5? I am not a programmer so this may be totally impossible, but it seems to me that Adobe are being their own worst enemies here?
@Tes Yep, looks like I stirred up a hornet's nest! Nope, can't use bootcamp on iPad or iPhone! Not that i would want to!!! I am fine with Flash on OSX, works fine, don't know why there is all the fuss. As far as I am concerned the iPad and iPhone should support it! I have two websites written in it! (I didn't write them!)
@ecobore Adobe *CAN* write flash for use on iPhone - the point is Steve Jobs doesn't like flash. I had Flash Lite on my old windows mobile phone years ago, and although it didn't support everything, it at least let me watch Strongbad Emails and play plenty of flash games.
I wish apple would STFU and just get over their hatred of flash. As reviewers have said, the new Full version of flash for mobile may not run *great* on android, but it runs.
Its the same as when the iMac came out with no floppy. Steve Jobs just wanted to kill the floppy sooner, rather than wait for it to die. He's trying to do the same thing with iPhone/iPad. Don't know if it will work, but its annoying for us to be caught in the crossfire.
Though i could care less, i just want AT&T to get a damn Android phone that isn't the backflip! -Taylor
@Taylor Yes Taylor YES! It is annoying, and as a dyed in the wool apple fan (had them since the beginning..) it seems a very short-sighted policy. If Flash runs badly in general it will die a death. As far as I can see it is going from strength to strength. I LIKE Flash content!
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I've never quite understood why Adobe can't just rewrite Flash to make it compatible with the iPhone and iPad. Why not rewrite it so that it is essentially HTML5? I am not a programmer so this may be totally impossible, but it seems to me that Adobe are being their own worst enemies here?
@ecobore
"am not a programmer"
Well I think you just answered your own question there.
@ecobore
that's about the same as asking apple to add windows as an OS choice...
@PBB
Just use bootcamp, noob.
@Tes Yep, looks like I stirred up a hornet's nest! Nope, can't use bootcamp on iPad or iPhone! Not that i would want to!!! I am fine with Flash on OSX, works fine, don't know why there is all the fuss. As far as I am concerned the iPad and iPhone should support it! I have two websites written in it! (I didn't write them!)
@ecobore Flash content works on the iPhone and iPad in the form of the Packager for iPhone tool, which will be in Flash Pro CS5: http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplatform/2010/01/building_ipad_apps.html
@ecobore
Adobe *CAN* write flash for use on iPhone - the point is Steve Jobs doesn't like flash. I had Flash Lite on my old windows mobile phone years ago, and although it didn't support everything, it at least let me watch Strongbad Emails and play plenty of flash games.
I wish apple would STFU and just get over their hatred of flash. As reviewers have said, the new Full version of flash for mobile may not run *great* on android, but it runs.
Its the same as when the iMac came out with no floppy. Steve Jobs just wanted to kill the floppy sooner, rather than wait for it to die. He's trying to do the same thing with iPhone/iPad. Don't know if it will work, but its annoying for us to be caught in the crossfire.
Though i could care less, i just want AT&T to get a damn Android phone that isn't the backflip!
-Taylor
@Taylor Yes Taylor YES! It is annoying, and as a dyed in the wool apple fan (had them since the beginning..) it seems a very short-sighted policy. If Flash runs badly in general it will die a death. As far as I can see it is going from strength to strength. I LIKE Flash content!