Kevin Lynch from Adobe has claimed that Flash is ready for the iPhone and it is a timely blog post given the arguments that are spinning around concerning the long term prospects of the software. Some believe that Flash will die out because of HTML5 and other products and also because Apple does not exactly like the product. I am not so sure…
“So, what about Flash running on Apple devices? We have shown that Flash technology is starting to work on these devices today by enabling standalone applications for the iPhone to be built on Flash. In fact, some of these apps are already available in the Apple App Store such as FickleBlox and Chroma Circuit. This same solution will work on the iPad as well. We are ready to enable Flash in the browser on these devices if and when Apple chooses to allow that for its users, but to date we have not had the required cooperation from Apple to make this happen.”
People are missing the point :
Flash for the Mac is TERRIBLE.
One reason Apple is refusing to deal with flash for the iPhone is because Adobe has dropped the ball on support for its flagship products for the Mac – most of the creative suite (like Photoshop and Illustrator), flash; even Adobe Reader, frankly, sucks on the Mac.