> i just don't understand how apple could not support the > flash plugin with safari on ipod or ipad. seriously.. wtf..
I believe it would be nice if they did, but there are a lot of issues: * The Flash plug-in has been said to be fairly unstable on Mac and is one of the biggest reasons for Safari crashing on that OS. * The less Apple has to rely on an outside vendor, the better. They like to control all of the software on the device as much as possible. Flash is proprietary and closed source. If it presented a security or stability issue, Apple would have to rely on Adobe to fix it. * Flash is a programming language interpreter, which Apple doesn't like on those devices. Why buy games from the app store when you can go to a web site with Flash apps and games of equal or better quality instead? Apple doesn't want Flash to cut into its revenue stream. The list goes on and on (the same list applies to Java applets as well, which are not supported on the platform either)... -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311231 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
