Hi Ronni,
Is there any progress in the arrival of HTML5 Video as a replacement
for Flash?
On 08/06/2011, at 11:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>
> Hi Laura,
>
> On 08/06/2011, at 9:18 AM, Laura Webb wrote:
>
>>
>> Good morning all
>>
>> Two questions here.
>>
>> Firstly, is there any way around the lack of Flash on the iPad? I use an on
>> line language course that requires Flash and get very frustrated that I
>> can't use the same programme on the iPad.
>
> The iPad does not and ‘most’ probably never will support Flash.
> The iPad supports HTML5 Video.
>
>
> There are a few 'work arounds’, but they all have serious limitations.
> When you buy an iPad, you implicitly accept that you'll never be able to play
> Flash, Apple never made a secret of this.
>
> You can try Skyfire ... some like it most don't.
>
> <http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/11/skyfire-ios-app/>
>
> <http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/28/ipad-brightcove-videos-html5/>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>
> OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>
>
>
>> Secondly, a couple of months someone on the List asked me to report back on
>> my experiences using iPad in France. I thought I had carefully put a
>> reminder in iCal to deal with this on my return. Not sure what happened but
>> the reminder is no longer there and I'm now not sure who was asking the
>> question. Was it Brett? If the person concerned would like to contact me off
>> list I can go into more detail.
>>
>> Put simply there is no problem at all in buying a French Micro SIM for the
>> iPad. I bought mine from an Orange Store at the same time as I purchased a
>> french SIM for my mobile phone. Depending on where someone is staying, the
>> French SIM for the iPad is not all that necessary. There are many hot spots
>> at cafés and the few hotels I stayed at all had free WiFi. I was based in
>> one town for three weeks and the accommodation I had came with wireless
>> access. My reason for buying the French micro SIM was to give me complete
>> independence for internet connection. I'm assured that the iPad SIM card
>> will remain valid for six months which should cover my next visit in
>> September. That remains to be seen!!
>>
>> I have always taken my MacBook with me when travelling but this time having
>> my iPad with me was sheer joy and reminded me of comments made by Susan some
>> time ago when she too had experienced the pleasure of travelling overseas
>> with her iPad,
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Laura
>>
>
>
>
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