Adobe Disappointed at Lack of Flash on iPad

Adobe isn't the only one who's disappointed. I followed the event online and I was very impressed, untill I saw the annoying icon symbolizing the lack of Flash plugin support. Steve told a new device'd be better at doing some key things, like browsing the web, reading and sending e-mails, et cetera. How can the iPad be better at browsing the web than a laptop if there isn't even Flash plugin support?

If the iPad'd have Flash plugin support I'd certainly buy one, but without Flash plugin support I'm not buying it. Browsing the web would be the primary task I'd perform on the iPad. In my opinion the iPad is the perfect device when you've got to pick up someone and you're waiting in your car for that person to arrive. While you're waiting you play some Flash games on your iPad. It's really a shame this isn't possible.

Can't we try to change Apple's mind by creating a petition?

Apple don't support Flash so you cant play poker online!!! Thats why I was going to get it but not now...

I'll bet he's disappointed. Adobe gets a big chunk of its revenues from selling Flash creation to ad producers and web sites, but now there are tens of millions of the most active web users who won't look at it: the technophiles with Flash blockers and Apple iProduct users.

Those web sites who insist on Flash might as well put in a bit of HTML that tracks whether the user is on "Mobile Safari" and put up a little notice like this:

******************************
* FROM: example.com
* TO: You Flashless Lusers
*
* Take your business elsewhere. You were
* a fool to buy an iPhone and we don't do
* business with your type. Go to YouTube
* or some other mindless site that bothers to
* present its content without our wonderful
* expensive technology.
******************************

(Sites have been tweaking their code for IE “quirks” for years; this is easy. It might take a bit more creativity to put up an appropriate message for those who use Flash blockers or Click2Flash.)

So yes, Adobe PR flacks *should* be pushing the message that Apple is cheating its customers out of their rich, 3D, web experience. (And yes, 626Hotel and other sites have some really beautiful Flash screens for their “Loading” progress bars that I got plenty of time to look at cuz I “only” have 3Mb/s DSL.)

But the whining is NOT a viable business strategy. Adobe is heading their Mercedes of a firm towards an 18-wheeler, and it ain't gonna be pretty. For their sake, I hope they come up with a way to keep making money with authoring tools that everybody will want to use, because everybody will see the ads or the charming pictures of Chef on those pompous high-end restaurant sites. Otherwise, Adobe is killing one of its golden geese.

Seems that you have a grudge against Adobe. Be that as it may. The fact is that millions of websites employ Flash technology, YouTube perhaps being the most popular. It's convenient, simple as that. Not many users (besides myself) are going to be awfully interested in your vague insinuations. I for one would like to simply be able to view flash embedded in the countless other websites that use it. Would it be so difficult? Is that too much to ask of Apple after purchasing their $300.00 iPod Touch? If it is, why is that so? What does Apple propose as an alternative? Is it cheaper than Flash? Is it better than Flash? If so, what is Apple doing to popularize it among web developers? If there are answers to these questions, then I'm all ears. . .