Why no flash in Ipad

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ajaywilsonajaywilson
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in iPad edited January 2014
Isn't it a shocking thing to know that there is no FLASH option in iPad ? I was trying to view my client website which was designed in Flash. I was shocked to know that I cannot view website using my iPad.



Ultimately, I am restricted to using my Laptop whenever there is option of Flash. When Flash player is free, I do not understand why it is not being installed in iPad.

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    No, it isn't. No one cares about Flash. There is absolutely nothing that Flash can do that can't be replicated in HTML5 or better languages that aren't proprietary and steal your battery life.



    Adobe refuses to make Flash work well on OS X and refuses to make Flash at all for iOS. And it doesn't matter because Flash isn't needed anywhere.
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    mr. memr. me Posts: 3,221member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ajaywilson View Post


    Isn't it a shocking thing to know that there is no FLASH option in iPad ? I was trying to view my client website which was designed in Flash. I was shocked to know that I cannot view website using my iPad.



    Ultimately, I am restricted to using my Laptop whenever there is option of Flash. When Flash player is free, I do not understand why it is not being installed in iPad.



    Welcome to four years ago. Here in 2011, Adobe has not yet managed to make Flash work well on any mobile platform. Back in your time, Steve Jobs recognized that this would be the case and did not include support for Flash in the iPhone's version of OS X, now known as iOS.
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    tontontonton Posts: 14,067
    iSwifter works in a pinch.



    I have a friend who has a Galaxy Tab. He was complaining about the battery performance. He didn't realize how much of an effect Flash has. He killed it and blocked it and now he gets double what he was getting.



    Users simply don't understand just how much poor performance can be attributed to one single piece of poorly written software. He blamed the Tab. iPad users would have blamed the iPad had Apple allowed it in. Apple made the right choice.
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    snoitansnoitan Posts: 4member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ajaywilson View Post


    Isn't it a shocking thing to know that there is no FLASH option in iPad ? I was trying to view my client website which was designed in Flash. I was shocked to know that I cannot view website using my iPad.



    Ultimately, I am restricted to using my Laptop whenever there is option of Flash. When Flash player is free, I do not understand why it is not being installed in iPad.



    Your client has a poorly designed website if it is designed in Flash. That's the work of a shoddy consultant choosing flash (pun intended?) over substance.



    The iPad not supporting Flash isn't news. iOS has never supported it. Flash is a resource hog and is buggy. Apple simply wants to reduce the number of times apps crash.
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    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,445member
    Eloquently stated here from Apple



    http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
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  • Reply 6 of 6
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by toponsmar View Post


    I don't think so,



    Well, Apple knows so, so that's all that matters.



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    cause iOS isn't evertwhere



    93% of tablets sold run iOS. OVER TWO HUNDRED MILLION iPhones and iPod touches also sold.



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    ,others need flash



    No one needs Flash. Not a single person for a single reason.



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    ,suck as chrome,firefox etc



    No, your browser doesn't have anything to do with whether you need a blasphemously terribly written add-on.
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