As a web developer I'm delighted they don't support Flash

The iPhone and iPad will be big enough devices to force websites into supporting open standards for video and dynamic content.

This will benefit everyone and allow so much more innovative websites. Microsoft will be forced to support the standards or get left behind.

Flash really has no place on the web these days.

Posted By: Ben on January 29th 2010 at 22:14:16

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Probly been said already, but I predict the ipad will be a failure (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 19:17:56
- Well the Kindle has been a big success, costs the same and only does ebooks (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 29, 20:11:47
  - well it will do alright because Apple?s customers are generally blind (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jan 29, 20:50:17
    - I find peoples hatred of Apple quite funny (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 29, 22:26:35
      - I don't think anyone hates apple products, do they? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 29, 22:36:51
    - 500 maybe (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jan 29, 20:56:01
      - where can I get one of them? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 21:03:53
- my first thought was I would rather have a laptop. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Jan 29, 19:19:48
  - yeah, it doesn't seem to have any real advantages over other tablets (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 19:28:08
    - They have that, its called the iPhone (n/m) (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 29, 20:01:29
      - exactly (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 20:05:39
        
        already started... (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jan 29, 20:19:01
        
        The iPad isn't meant as a pocket device, just as a magazine or newspaper isn't (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 29, 20:15:19
        
        yeah, that's true but it's going to take a long time to wean people off laptops I reckon (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 20:19:48
        
        It won't be faster but no website requires the full power of a laptop (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 29, 20:24:08
        
        For me it is the restrictiveness of it all (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jan 29, 20:43:48
        
        I don't think I could buy one and convince myself that I could ever do any work on it (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 20:36:51
        
        i think you're right (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 29, 20:43:06
        
        Yep - that's why i'm mildly intrigued. At the moment I have Desktop, (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jan 29, 20:45:47
        
        this is damning though - no multitasking and no flash are huge drawbacks (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 20:47:00
        
        As a web developer I'm delighted they don't support Flash (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 29, 22:14:16
        
        I hadn't thunk of that, good point (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 22:37:17
        
        the no multitasking is surely the killer though (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 29, 21:12:55
        
        Yep - it's bizarre. One of my main uses I reckon would be surfing, with internet radio (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jan 29, 21:16:30
        
        Trusted - ie. Apple apps - multi-task (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 29, 22:43:52
        
        exactly. Is the assumption that you'd have two, or something? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 29, 21:18:34
        
        Flash is waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy over rated (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 29, 20:58:34
        
        yes, but you need it purely because so many websites use it (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 21:03:04
        
        yep - missing both those is a huge drawback. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jan 29, 20:48:08
        
        You can run the iPod app in the background... (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jan 29, 21:43:15

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