May 24, 2010 07:28
ActiveCaptain Wrote:I have to say that I truly miss the ability to have Flash on my iPad and really question Apple's decision to leave it out along with Steve Jobs' "5 points" about why they didn't implement it. There are just too many sites that I come to that don't work correctly because Flash isn't there. I never realized how pervasive Flash was on so many sites.
Like who knew that Google Analytics used Flash? Without Flash, accessing the GA site on the iPad just doesn't work. I worry about the chasm that this is creating for the iPad specifically. It would be sad to see the iPad turn into another Newton (which I also have)...
I think the trend will go to HTML 5 also for other FLASH related sites.
What I have seen what's possible with HTML5, and more and more site switching to HTML5, Flash is being doomed in the near future. Microsoft and IBM are pro HTML5 as are Apple.
Customers want to have the site on the iPad, so many are leaving Flash behind and do switch to HTML 5.
I think Google will do so also, even if they ally with Adobe, but that's only to have more people switch to the Android system. If they will have many consumers, they will get rid of Flash too.