February 2010 Archives
What's up with all the Adobe Flash hate? First Steve Job says Flash is buggy and refuses to have it run on his iPad & iPods. Now is Microsoft doing the same thing? Well its true that there is no Flash support for Windows 7 mobile. However in this case its only not ready for the initial launch. I suppose thats better news then hearing it won't be supported at all.
It's pretty harsh to hear Steve Jobs just basically say 'Sorry but you're screwed' to everyone that has a Flash web site. Most people use Flash for a small animation, maybe a an advertisement. Missing those will be noticeable but we'll still be able to view the page. What about sites that are 100% in Flash? I know I still have a few out there. All Flash web sites are pretty common in certain industries. Flash web sites are cool, I'm not knocking them. Yes HTML5 is coming and its gonna be awesome but for the love of god include and support Flash! It's not dead, I'd argue to say its not dying so include it on your devices. Microsoft seems to get this but it just makes me mad that Flash web sites will be basically unviewable on the new iPad and never have been on the iTouch.
