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Originally Posted by Satchmo
Nah I wasn't being that cruel  Chris tabled that the reason Apple didn't support Flash was that it wanted supreme quality control over the Applified `internet experience'.
I just pointed out that a number of sites I use a lot like online chess don't work on my Ipod which is a travesty. If as many flash sites were as dodgy as some of the Ipod apps I'd be surprised. Remember, Apple first screen and approve every app that appears on there site free or not. Hitler would be impressed. |
Hi Mark - I've just been involved with a mammoth task (here, USA, UK & Russia) developing Flash-based apps with an eye to eventually replacing our suite of high-end publishing workflow applications with said Flash versions. Over the past 3 years we've had so many problems with it that we have recently decided to dump the new developments due to their general inconsistency across multiple guest environments and incapacity to be easily modified prior to specialist deployment. It can be and was at times very slow and clunky for our users, the majority of who just gave up testing in a beta program. As an enterprise-level platform it just doesn't cut the mustard - especially in the high-pressure, time-critical newspaper and magazine business where new quad-core machines are definitely not the order of the day. It could have been a real panacea, but just wasn't. Admittedly, Flash works just wonderfully for low-end games and for corporate presentations and such. I recently had a look at Pizza Hut and Dominoes corporate Flash offerings, and while they work, you can hear the grinding noises going on in the background as they try to do the best they can and keep you interested.
We're an iPhone developer as well, and at this juncture are in agreeance with Jobsie I'm afraid. I'm actually working at this coalface, not observing from afar. I'm not sure why you mention Hitler. Yes, Apple wants its users to have as unified an experience as they can offer - because fewer problems mean better performance of the platform in general. This has always been mis-understood by most, as some prefer to work in an environment where anything goes, and good luck to them.