I like the idea of the above picture! A native google reader like that would be simply awesome.
David
· 1 year ago
Regardless of if he likes Flash or not...it is a requirement for a modern day browser to support it. It is of the few items I do not like about my iPhone.
eas
· 1 year ago
The longer I go without flash on my iPhone, the less I care.
Besides, I find that flash is a CPU hog on my Windows laptop, with a processor that runs at many times the clock speed, has more pipelines, speculative execution and access to 10x as much memory (and Flash supposedly runs better on Windows than MacOS).
So, why do I want that dragging down the snappiness and battery life of my iPhone?
Jake Lockley
· 1 year ago
I think it means Adobe won't give Apple a fat check. Flash is too slow?!? Obviously coming from people who have slow systems, code poorly, and/or have not done the research. Flash CS3 is used to create PS3 and Xbox games. Doesn't appear to be slow for 21st century technology and programmers. maybe you need to find Flash object oriented programmers instead of Flash animators. Flash will be THE development platform for the iPhone if it's supported.
David Jaeger
· 1 year ago
i would get alot of kicks if they decided to support silverlight instead. I'm laughing just thinking about it. lol.
Cell
· 1 year ago
I still don't understand how the iPhone/Touch is capable of running full-blown 3D games at 30 fps, yet they can't run Flash player? Really?
Daniel Goldman
· 1 year ago
The question is whether Apple will look to SVG as an alternative for Flash. SVG is lightweight, open standard, and is already supported by Firefox, Opera, and Safari.
I've speculated about this on my blog. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.
Daniel Opera Software
DM
· 1 year ago
Ultimately until the iPhone browser becomes standards compliant, able to render web pages like a normal browser it will remain a 'toy' rather than the revolutionary device it should be.
It's good idea, but Macromedia should help in decision making process :-)
RedSeven3
· 4 months ago
It'll never happen -- and it has nothing to do with the player being too slow. It comes down to cold hard cash. There's too much money for Apple to lose by allowing flash on their device. Think of all the applications Apple would lose out on getting paid for, and all the songs and movies we could post which iTunes would never see a dime for.
I prefer not to be a pessimist, but if I've learned anything it's that when it comes to money -- billions of dollars -- Apple wants to keep a tight grip onto its slice of the pie.
Even though as a die-hard flash/flex developer I'm begging to see the player on the iPhone, I don't think it'll ever happen. Sorry for the downer.
All Comments
Besides, I find that flash is a CPU hog on my Windows laptop, with a processor that runs at many times the clock speed, has more pipelines, speculative execution and access to 10x as much memory (and Flash supposedly runs better on Windows than MacOS).
So, why do I want that dragging down the snappiness and battery life of my iPhone?
Flash is too slow?!? Obviously coming from people who have slow systems, code poorly, and/or have not done the research. Flash CS3 is used to create PS3 and Xbox games. Doesn't appear to be slow for 21st century technology and programmers. maybe you need to find Flash object oriented programmers instead of Flash animators. Flash will be THE development platform for the iPhone if it's supported.
I've speculated about this on my blog. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.
Daniel
Opera Software
I prefer not to be a pessimist, but if I've learned anything it's that when it comes to money -- billions of dollars -- Apple wants to keep a tight grip onto its slice of the pie.
Even though as a die-hard flash/flex developer I'm begging to see the player on the iPhone, I don't think it'll ever happen. Sorry for the downer.