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How much do you miss flash?

When it comes to flash Apple can spin it anyway they like, but it's a big part of the complete web experience.

For those who worship Steve Jobs it's just another reason not to think.
 
I don't miss it because all I have to do is go to my laptop/Desktop etc.. and I get it.
It is just very annoying when using my iPad or iPhone that I can't get Flash.
For me it isn't an issue of I miss it or not, but just annoying not having access to it from my mobile devices. I love apple but restricting and not giving you the option to have it is what bothers me.
So whatever.... I am drinking the cool-aid but I don't neceessarily have to like everything it offers...:cool:
 
SVT Amateur said:
Yeah I know that the ones from the YouTube app aren't in Flash but the selection is very small compared to what YouTube offers in Flash. Thus many times a video I want to watch from YouTube is not available for watching on the iPad.
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You can go to the YouTube site and change your account settings to view videos in HTML5 (it was described as a "beta" feature when I did this a couple of months ago, but it seems to work). I don't remember the exact procedure, but it's simple and I think it gives you access to all the content.
 
Yes, I miss Flash

Yesterday, I used video Skype to walk my mother through her first computer experience... on an iPad that I sent her for her 85th birthday.

Well, we quickly found out that the iPad isn't as intuitive as us younger people think! :) I'll write more about her experience later, but one of the first places she went to on Safari was to see family pictures on Flickr's website.

When she tried clicking "slideshow", up came a big alert about needing to download Flash. (Yeah, you try explaining why Apple's magical device couldn't do what my fathers' old laptop can do.)

Okay, so we'll have to get a Flickr app and teach her how to use that. It wasn't exactly the most impressive demonstration though.

Then there's the whole need for a mothership computer for OS updates and other iTunes related nonsense.

Android slates are going to be tempting alternative devices, not the least because of Flash.

That said, she's loving it.
 
I can only think of two times when I had to get my MBP out because Flash was an issue. Considering I use my iPad for 95% of my web surfing, that's not much need for flash.
 
I'm not missing it all. The only thing I need flash for is when my mother-in-law puts together these "smilebox" slideshows of my kids. Other than that, the iPad has pretty much caused my poor MBP to be put out to pasture (try to use it at least once a week now so it doesn't get lonely) :eek::D
 
archer75 said:
For you perhaps. But then the web doesn't revolve around you. Think outside your little box and realize that much of the web does use flash and many people do miss it.
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I didn't say anything about the web in general, just about the NBA. It's rigged; we all know it. Only 8 teams winning the title since 1980? That's a joke of a league.
 
I miss it far, far less than I expected but that's not to say that I never miss it. I do miss it on some news sites (e.g. the BBC) when I can't view videos. I bet that'll get less of a problem quite soon though because the biggest media outlets will bend a bit to accommodate the iPad.

- Julian
 
Don't miss it one bit. IMO Flash and ActiveX are the downfall of internet as far as security, and there wouldn't be half if not more then that of spam and spyware if it wasn't for those 2 culprits. I am glad that Apple is taking a stance against Flash and I would love to see others follow. Now all we need is for Microsoft to smarten up and stop supporting ActiveX, because it's a POC and it's the only way of tying people to god forsaken Internet Explorer. But I know that will never happen, or it might but they'll just make up some other crap that will prob suck even worse and have more security flaws.
 
I missed it a lot. One of the main reasons why I sold my iPad.

Jobs needs to figure out some way to make those sites accessible.

It's great that there is the ABC Player app with a Hulu app in the works, but I want to be able to have the entire web at my hands. Not just bits and pieces.

Hopefully, the problem will be addressed in the next hardware upgrade.
 
Only miss it for Hulu and some online shows like the daily show.

A few shopping websites use flash but that is their loss.

On average I would say I miss it in 10% of my web use. For half of that there is a workaround. The remaining 5% come down to Hulu.

So if Hulu would offer non flash video's or if sombody offers these shows as non-flash then flash is finally dead for me.
 
Interesting to read so many "I don't miss Flash at all... (except for siteX)" comments.

That's the whole point, isn't it? The SWF filetype is the most common multimedia filetype on the web. Users should be able to view it if they want to (and not view it if they don't want to).

BTW, Flash isn't 'dying': it's just not going to be used for so many mundane slideshows and video wrappers. Corporations still use it for robust applications like e-learning delivery systems: there's nothing better. And it's not an 'old outdated technology': it's received a major update every 2 years for the last 10 (HTML on the other hand is taking its sweet time getting its first update in a decade).
 
When I need flash, I just use Logmein and connect to either my home or work computer and pull it up on the ipad. This works really well and for the amount of things you may need flash for, is a viable option.....
 
wirelessmacuser said:
When it comes to flash Apple can spin it anyway they like, but it's a big part of the complete web experience.

For those who worship Steve Jobs it's just another reason not to think.
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Says the person who proudly boasts of ordering an iPhone 4 in his sig.

Make up your mind. Unless you're trying to tell us that you worship Steve Jobs and don't like to think? :rolleyes:
 
UTclassof89 said:
Interesting to read so many "I don't miss Flash at all... (except for siteX)" comments.

That's the whole point, isn't it? The SWF filetype is the most common multimedia filetype on the web. Users should be able to view it if they want to (and not view it if they don't want to).

BTW, Flash isn't 'dying': it's just not going to be used for so many mundane slideshows and video wrappers. Corporations still use it for robust applications like e-learning delivery systems: there's nothing better. And it's not an 'old outdated technology': it's received a major update every 2 years for the last 10 (HTML on the other hand is taking its sweet time getting its first update in a decade).
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How about Flash will now be used where it's appropriate?

(though you can certainly say that Flash is just not optimized for small and hand held units---I certainly think that it's a valid concern about not wanting to kill your battery life).
 
Flash is to mobile devices like Windows is to tablets. They are not a cute couple.
 
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