This pic perfectly illustrates the Flash-less browsing experience on the iPad: http://theflashblog.com/images/ipud.jpg
despite the file's name, this is safe for work (this is the one place the swf acronym may have caused confusion). -- Carl Welch http://www.carlwelch.com On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Anthony Pace <anthony.p...@utoronto.ca> wrote: > Angela: That is a great suggestion. > > Normally a client will ask for detection, but some will opt to allow the > user to choose which version as browsers false report and failing gracefully > doesn't always work. > > eg. Which version (plain html with javascript employing hacks to make it > work with each browser, or fun and flashy)? > > So in this case, why not state something similar to what Angela suggested? > if they choose flash, give a link to Apples complaint e-mail and government > consumer affair websites where users can publicly register complaints. > > > On 1/29/2010 8:29 AM, Angela Ferraiolo wrote: >> >> We could be more active. Rather than show the blue logo, we could >> substitute a message that reads "Steve Jobs won't let you see this. >> Please go to the iTunes store and pay him for something to watch." >> Right now we are simply wasting our message opportunity. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Christian Pugliese<pugli...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Lee Brimelow has a fantastic post about this: >>> http://theflashblog.com/?p=1703 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:03, artur<ar...@artur.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> /i was wondering what the communities thoughts were about this:/* >>>> * >>>> >>>> * >>>> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/ten-things-missing-from-the-ipad/ >>>> * >>>> >>>> *Flash* >>>> >>>> Many people will bemoan the lack of Flash in the iPad. It wasn't >>>> mentioned, >>>> but eagle-eyed viewers would have seen the missing plugin icon on the >>>> New >>>> York Times site during yesterday's demo, and given that Apple clearly >>>> hates >>>> Flash as both a non-open web "standard" and as a buggy, CPU-hungry piece >>>> of >>>> code, it's unlikely it will ever be added, unless Apple decides it wants >>>> to >>>> cut the battery life down to two hours. >>>> >>>> Who needs Flash, anyway? YouTube and Vimeo have both switched to H.264 >>>> for >>>> video streaming (in Chrome and Safari, at least -- Firefox doesn't >>>> support >>>> it), and the rest of the world of Flash is painful to use. >>>> >>>> In fact, we think the lack of Flash in the iPad will be the thing that >>>> finally kills Flash itself. If the iPad is as popular as the iPhone and >>>> iPod >>>> Touch, Flash-capable browsers will eventually be in the minority. >>>> >>>> >>>> go. >>>> >>>> >>>> -artur >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Flashcoders mailing list >>>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flashcoders mailing list >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
