Comments on: On Apple’s iPad, HTML5, and the future of Flash

By: henry

henry — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:25:00 +0000

Flash will be available on ipads. Beacuse soon other mobile providers will run flash via andriod, mobile technology will develop where memory, battery and storage aren’t an issue and any player like flash player will esily run and user will have UNRESTRICTED access to the net, not the Apple application type ONLY they are currently trying to sell. This will cause users to start thinking for themselves again and opt for players that will allow the whole interent experience..Result Apple will loose sales –> leading to them letting flash on their Ipads. ps. Apple is selling a concept NOt a revolution and their concept is based on MARKETING their apps. As a computer geek of 30 years I am saddened to see the major step back in Internet availablity Apple as taking us for the sake of their profit..What saddens me more is the number of people suckered in by it.

By: tiffanybbrown

tiffanybbrown — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:05:08 +0000

I guess this depends on what you want from a computing device. I like the web. It works fine. Why do I need an app to consume web content? And why are you making an app instead of making your content a web site/page. I don't get it.

HTML is pretty powerful as it is. Add HTML5's canvas ability and local storage and it makes me wonder why you'd need to install an app. We have a cloud. But app development is clearly lucrative for those involved. I guess that's why people are into them.

By: tiffanybbrown

tiffanybbrown — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:00:04 +0000

I agree. The change is coming. The only question is how soon and will clients pay for it. At this point, HTML5 video is still affected by patent and closed-source issues. It's 6 on one hand, half dozen on the other.

By: brianbierbaum

brianbierbaum — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:54:36 +0000

Excluding Flash among other plug-ins is clearly going to be a short-term issue for the iPad and good news to competitors and vendors like Brightcove. However, I personally think an open standard (HTML5) is better than proprietary technology in the long run. Go Apple.

The real success of the iPad lies with the content (apps). I recently wrote a post on this for marketers. Let me know what you think.

http://www.priorityresults.com/blog/what-do-the...

By: AG

AG — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:19:35 +0000

I generally loathe flash as it is a severe memory glut, and not very well suited for a free and open desktop environment. However, it seems to be rather ubiquitous at the moment. Nonetheless, the HTML5 adopters are onto something that is much more powerful than Silverlight/Moonlight.
iPad is a humongous iPod touch, but you probably knew that already. I never have very much good to say about those rather large freedom hating companies in Cupertino or Redmond, so I'll reserve the rest of my comments Learn more about why iPad

By: Jason T.

Jason T. — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:57:21 +0000

I don't think Apple or the iPad is hurt by the decision not to include Flash. With 8.7 million iPhone's sold last year, it's not a gate for their market and I don't think it will be a gate for a souped up eReader style device that's only competition is the impressive but not that impressive Kindle. As I referenced on my tumblr earlier today, I (and others) think it will gather pretty quick adoption in schools/with students. With Office applications, I would find it a pretty useful tool in my day to day activities of meetings, note taking, and presentations (that said, for it to win over my current netbook lust, it could use at least one usb port and an external display port).

I do agree with you about Flash as a dominant web authoring language. There's a growing frustration with Flash but the adoption rates suggest that it's a creator's frustration rather than a user's one.