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jibril · 05-12-2010, 03:46 PM

I can't say for the iPad, but even when flash works "well" on phones, I think I'll prefer dedicated apps that make full use of screen real estate and have less spurious inputs than playing with a flash thingy in a browser (I think the iPhone browser is too finicky as is with detecting hitting a link vs simply scrolling :-/ )

For instance, Pandora as an app is great, but if flash worked in the beginning, and they only had their website thing, that would suck because the controls would be for a desktop and microscopic.

Also, a lot of games won't work, like these:
http://rocksolidarcade.com/

They need keyboard. (I don't think I would want a slide out keyboard nor hitting those tiny keys to play a game).

05-12-2010, 03:46 PM	#9
jibril Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 54 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: none	I can't say for the iPad, but even when flash works "well" on phones, I think I'll prefer dedicated apps that make full use of screen real estate and have less spurious inputs than playing with a flash thingy in a browser (I think the iPhone browser is too finicky as is with detecting hitting a link vs simply scrolling :-/ ) For instance, Pandora as an app is great, but if flash worked in the beginning, and they only had their website thing, that would suck because the controls would be for a desktop and microscopic. Also, a lot of games won't work, like these: http://rocksolidarcade.com/ They need keyboard. (I don't think I would want a slide out keyboard nor hitting those tiny keys to play a game).