Put Jellycar and Doodlejump on it and you will never see it again...

Rupert Watson
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From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] 
On Behalf Of Mo McRoberts
Sent: 28 January 2010 12:56
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] iPad

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:20, Michael Kraskin <michael.kras...@bbc.com> wrote:
> I think the no-Flash means that it a seriously crippled web browser.  Hardly
> the "best way to browse the internet," and thus will be a serious
> disappointment, not only to power users, but to casual internet surfers as
> well.

As a user, the lack of Flash won't affect me much, if at all. fewer
ads, and that's about it. The kids won't get near it, as CBeebies
appears to be built almost entirely in Flash (much the same with Club
Penguin), but I can't say I'd consider them not wanting to get their
grubby fingers on it a bad thing (though there are plenty of games in
the App Store they'd like instead).

As a web developer, I can't remember the last time web developers
influenced browsers and not the other way around. Can't see that one
changing any time soon: if the iPad is successful, websites will stop
relying on Flash being ubiquitous (either degrading where Flash isn't
present, or doing something else entirely), assuming they and the iPad
share customer demographics.

> The no-camera thing just screams "wait for the second generation before you
> buy one"

Why on earth would you want a camera on a device whose form factor is
utterly opposed to the hold-up-point-and-shoot facilities in mobile
phones which made digital photography mainstream? Not saying you're
wrong, just that I can't fathom it.

M.

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