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garygibsonsf · 01-29-2010, 10:01 PM

One thing that's worth mentioning about Flash is that it's problematic in other ways. It tends to be wildly overused at times, for instance, and can be a real memory hog. In a way, I wonder if it's an opportunity for some flash developers to actually generate cash from their sites by rebuilding them as Ipad apps they might otherwise never have seen. One admittedly rather whimsical site I came across that's quite entertaining but possibly even quite useful on either an Iphone or Ipad - should the designers decide to port it over - might be something like www.eggtimers.com. Yes, it's daft, but I have an egg every morning.

I've designed web pages in both HTML and Flash, and although I appreciate Flash's potential wow-factor, I can also tell you for a fact it gets tired very quickly, and assuming web designers have the sense to program in static image replacements for the flash files, you very likely won't miss it. If I fear for anyone, it's the people who build those side-ads with moving video you see everywhere (I'm assuming they're built in Flash).

For a low-down on some other serious problems with Flash, take a look at these links:

http://www.mardiros.net/flash-technology.html

and

http://www.jhuskisson.com/articles/2...ased-site-suck

May I just add that although I was initially a bit disappointed by the Ipad, I was a bit more upbeat on it after watching the whole of the Apple presentation on streaming video. With a non-reflective, non-OLED screen or similar, it's definitely not designed primarily as an ebook reader. That's just trying to steal Amazon's thunder - a useful extra aimed at people whom I suspect haven't seen e-ink. If I got one, it would be more for other stuff than reading books.

On the other hand, it would make an INCREDIBLE reader for comics.

01-29-2010, 10:01 PM	#46
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 321 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	One thing that's worth mentioning about Flash is that it's problematic in other ways. It tends to be wildly overused at times, for instance, and can be a real memory hog. In a way, I wonder if it's an opportunity for some flash developers to actually generate cash from their sites by rebuilding them as Ipad apps they might otherwise never have seen. One admittedly rather whimsical site I came across that's quite entertaining but possibly even quite useful on either an Iphone or Ipad - should the designers decide to port it over - might be something like www.eggtimers.com. Yes, it's daft, but I have an egg every morning. I've designed web pages in both HTML and Flash, and although I appreciate Flash's potential wow-factor, I can also tell you for a fact it gets tired very quickly, and assuming web designers have the sense to program in static image replacements for the flash files, you very likely won't miss it. If I fear for anyone, it's the people who build those side-ads with moving video you see everywhere (I'm assuming they're built in Flash). For a low-down on some other serious problems with Flash, take a look at these links: http://www.mardiros.net/flash-technology.html and http://www.jhuskisson.com/articles/2...ased-site-suck May I just add that although I was initially a bit disappointed by the Ipad, I was a bit more upbeat on it after watching the whole of the Apple presentation on streaming video. With a non-reflective, non-OLED screen or similar, it's definitely not designed primarily as an ebook reader. That's just trying to steal Amazon's thunder - a useful extra aimed at people whom I suspect haven't seen e-ink. If I got one, it would be more for other stuff than reading books. On the other hand, it would make an INCREDIBLE reader for comics.