Tag Archive for 'flash'

Flash Free February

Feb 2, '10  ·  24 Comments Tags: , , , .

So Alessandrini put out a challenge on Twitter:

All those who think no flash on ipad is A-OK please uninstall flash from your current browser, use that for a month then get back to me.

So I’ve gone halfsies and installed FlashBlock for Chrome, which forces me to click whenever I need to see something Flash-based, and I’ll use this entry to report, as the month goes by, what things I would have been unable to do or see due to the lack of Flash. This isn’t meant to prove that everyone will do fine without Flash, nor even that I will. Rather, it will highlight issues to overcome in the near future as well as tell me and you something about my internet habits in relation to Flash.

Or in other words: I walk the walk, but do I talk the talk?

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OA815

Feb 2, '10  ·  Closed Tags: , , , .

And this timeline of the Lost universe. Which yes, is begrudgingly built in Flash (but the Times are about the only place doing interesting things with Flash, so…)

The Irony is Thick

Jan 31, '10  ·  2 Comments Tags: , , .

Ugh

No Flash on the iPad? Who Gives a Crap?

Jan 27, '10  ·  74 Comments Tags: , , , .

No Flash on iPad

The irony of me lauding how a closed proprietary device is helping oust a proprietary technology is thick, but honestly I couldn’t be happier that Flash seemingly isn’t supported by the iPad. Gruber has written much about Flash and Apple, and he’s a clever guy, so if you haven’t read his stuff yet, you should do yourself a favor and consume his site start to finish, but here’s my take.

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