Looks like Apple changed the image to remove the flash part. Didn't take long.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:32 PM, David K Watson <[email protected]>wrote: > Why is everyone making a big fuss about this? The most likely > explanation is that this is a production error, and Apple will have > to fix it soon or get sued. It isn't surprising if this is the case, > because Apple's well-known secrecy concerning upcoming > product means that Marketing probably didn't get much > information until the last minute, and some errors could slip > through. Remember the Polish MS ad that had a white guy > photoshopped in a black guy's place? This isn't any more > stupid than that, and is a better photoshop job, too, if that's > what it is. > > But there are several ways the apparent flash usages could be > legitimate. Tom has pointed out one, and an idea I like because > I seem to be the only one to have thought of it so far, is that the > iPad isn't showing Safari in acton, but instead is showing the > NYT reader app that was discussed briefly in the keynote. > > > On Jan 29, 2010, at 8:15 PM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: > > > From: tjpa <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Apple's homepage for ipad...how long till they fix it? Re: > [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed? > > > > On Jan 29, 2010, at 6:46 PM, mike wrote: > >> As reported on Engadget and other blogs, Apple is currently running > >> a promo > >> on their website for the ipad showing it running flash from > >> Adobe..which it > >> can't do. So the ipad that can do it all, but not flash, has to lie > >> about > >> doing flash? How long till Apple pulls it? > > > > How do you know that it is Flash and not HTML5? Both Safari 4 and > > FireFox 3.6 now support enough of HTML5 to handle this. If you use > > these up-to-date browsers you can even set your YouTube preferences to > > use HTML5 instead of Flash. > > > > There is now some debate about who ships buggier software with some > > proposing that Adobe has now pulled ahead of M$. Many report that > > using the FlashBlock add-on has greatly improved their browser > > performance and eliminated too-frequent crashes. Apple's message to > > Adobe is to clean up their act if they want access. > > > > WFBs may find frequent crashing just adds to the excitement, but not > > everyone does. > > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
