Adobe points finger at Apple over Flash for iPhone

I think that flash should be added to the iPhone and iPod touch as it is necessary for browsing the Internet. I do not want to wait on until 2013 to be able to do the same things on html5 as I can do on flash right now. If you don't like it on your Mac/PC (never had a problem with flash on the pc) then disable it it's a plugin. I find it incredulous that people would actually prefer less control of what they see on the Internet . What kind of fool would never want to run a video on the Internet and simple stay on the Internet rather than be manually pulled into apple's slow you tube app or never want to watch a live update from a soccer match.

apple just a bunch of bull crap!
what the hell is the point for Iphone if you cant even go on website that support flash player only?
or playing game? if apple accept flash as there platform i think iphone would increased to a high level of technology!

It is a very taxing thing flash. I would love a fix already. SLow downs are apparent. We can't get away that Flash is everywhere on the web.

If Adobe is this fed up with Apple, they should just team up with the Dev Team and have them work around and somehow install Flash for those of us who enjoy the freedom of our iPhones. We jailbroken our phones for a freedom to customize the iPhone the way we want so not having flash on the iPhone after jailbreaking it is still being behind Apples Control over our devices. Or better yet someone make am OS that runs on the iPhone that supports flash.

Why is nobody mentioning the fact that even if you got Flash for the iPhone, it would be incompatible with nearly everything on the internet?

Firstly, games. There is no "hover" effect on the iPhone, and have you ever seen a Flash game that will resize down to 320 × 480 px? Also, no keyboard, which a large portion of games require. I can't think of anything other than the most basic of flash games that would have a chance at working.

Secondly, video. This doesn't require Flash, and would be better suited for a standalone application. This is the only application I could see Flash possibly useful for, but then again why not transcode it onto YouTube?

Thirdly, Flash-based website navigation. Again, no hover, and again, 320 × 480 px? Most flash websites would fall apart when shrunk less than 800 x 600 px.

Fourthly, these interface problems would most certainly require separate iPhone-designed Flash files for everything, and if everything needs to be remade then the effort is better spent making JS or native apps instead.

I really find it hard to think of a valid use for a mobile version of a plugin that is designed for desktops with large screens, keyboards and mice.

How about you fix flash on the Mac first Adobe?

it’s a royal pain in the arse when I have to dumb down my flash applications because the mac flash is so bloody unoptimised. Its acctually more efficient developing flash apps inside a virtual machine than in native OSX.

Flash on an iphone would be of great interest to those who enjoy fantasy sports. They number in the tens of millions and are growing fast. With flash fantasy enthusiasts could get a richer form of living scoring through their portable device.

I'd pay for that.

Alright, we're going a little overboard here on the signal strength of the image here. I got the material for this post while I was on the road, so I went to the page myself and took a screenshot.

I happen to have very good signal strength where I live and just woke up so my batter was fully charged. Not everything is a conspiracy, I promise.

Wow, that's a fine piece of Adobe shilling from TUAW. Who is this guy again?

If you want the real story as to why Flash isn't on the iPhone, go to AdobeUI Gripes:

http://adobegripes.tumblr.com/post/231806385/adobe-gets-bitchy-over-the-iphone-and-flash-bit

Basically it's this: Because Adobe is run by an MBAs and not geeks anymore, they're going to try and shove Flash and any other acquisition down users' throats whether it's appropriate or not.

Oh, they just acquired Omniture? Guess that means that spyware will become 'ubiquitous' and 'cool'. Because an MBA said so.

'ubiquitous' is Adobe's favorite word. And that's all that they have, other than flinging the poo that is Flash at the iPhone.

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I hate flash. It's a performance hog. It has no place on my phone.

Those who feel otherwise are wrong. Sorry about that. Please revise your world view accordingly.