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No Doubt: Flash Will Suck for the iPhone

Posted 10/09/08 at 11:14:50 AM |  by Paul Lilly

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We don't always agree with sister site MacLife.com's outlook (we recently had to slap the site silly when it went on the offensive towards PC users), but this is one time we find ourselves on the same side of the fence. Is anyone expecting great things out of Flash for the iPhone?

MacLife says no and points out several reasons why iPhone owners may rue getting what they wish for. Chief among the fears is a lack of usability in which the desktop experience for Flash heavy sites might become a convoluted mess when ported to the iPhone. Other concerns include irritating ads (you know they're coming), more frequent crashes back to the home screen, and a tug of war over standards.

Agree or disagree? Hit the jump and sound off!

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avatarI have a samsung instint

Submitted by atomaweapon on Fri, 2008-10-10 08:33

I have a samsung instint and it's pretty sweet.

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avatarI'm not asking for the

Submitted by bathtbgin on Thu, 2008-10-09 09:50

I'm not asking for the ability to play flash based games or anything to heavy, although it would be nice if i could watch something on youtube from the actual site instead of an app.  I'm dont think i'm being to unreasonable here, all i want is for my iphone to do today what my 266mhz PII could do back when netscape was king

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avatarWhat a pain

Submitted by maniacm0nk3y on Thu, 2008-10-09 09:19

With a touch screen it turns the tables. I wonder how it really would work out. It seems like the best thing will bring greif to all iPhone users. Maybe Apple has a trick up its sleave, maybe not.

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