Flash in iPad 2

Here's the obvious question...

Why didn't the ipad come with flash as an *option*?

That way if people were concerned with security or crashing then it would be up to the user to take that chance.

Also anyone know of any stats/specs on the vulnrability or sporadicity the ipad OS had when trialing flash? Did they even do this?

fatfungus wrote:

Here's the obvious question...

Why didn't the ipad come with flash as an *option*?

Because Adobe do not make a version of Flash for IOS

joeyp-ipad2 wrote:

i dont understand the apple hatred of flash. or fear of flash.

should ios support flash, then it would be great. my ipad2 would be more wonderful!

p.s. dont tell me to sell my ipad as a reply. thanks.

There is no benefit in understanding what happened. The only important thing is to understand what DID happen. There is no Flash on the iPad. Period. Now, I'm not going to tell you to sell your iPad but I do wonder why in the world you would want to keep a product that does not satisfy your needs.

fatfungus wrote:

Here's the obvious question...

Why didn't the ipad come with flash as an *option*?

That way if people were concerned with security or crashing then it would be up to the user to take that chance.

Also anyone know of any stats/specs on the vulnrability or sporadicity the ipad OS had when trialing flash? Did they even do this?

The "why" does not matter. It matters only that Flash is not supported on the iPad. If that was a critical requirement for me, I would have sold my iPad long ago.

No, I don't have any stats. Maybe there are none. It doesn't matter. THE iPAD DOES NOT SUPPORT FLASH.

Why is always more important than what. Always.

Why is the sky blue?

Oh that doesn't matter. All that matters that is it 'is' blue.

You make me LMFAO.

fatfungus wrote:

Why is always more important than what. Always.

Why is the sky blue?

Oh that doesn't matter. All that matters that it 'is' blue.

What are you smoking dude

That is the direct translation to you and Philly's posts but in relation to the colour of the sky.

fatfungus wrote:

That is the direct translation to you and Philly's posts but in relation to the colour of the sky.

🙂

fatfungus wrote:

That is the direct translation to you and Philly's posts but in relation to the colour of the sky.

Why is the reason important to you? If you were given a reason that you didn't like, would that make things better for you?

it wont benefit you wondering why on earth would i keep a crippled product. firstly, i paid for it. if i want to make it a chopping board it wont concern you right?

im just one of the millions who wished that ahem again that ios supports flash. and hopefully would save my ipad from eternal damantion since it is not also a cheap toy.

secondly, it looks cool.

FAQ: what is cool and plays flash?

ans. Definitely not ipad. :)

joeyp-ipad2 wrote:

it wont benefit you wondering why on earth would i keep a crippled product. firstly, i paid for it. if i want to make it a chopping board it wont concern you right?

im just one of the millions who wished that ahem again that ios supports flash. and hopefully would save my ipad from eternal damantion since it is not also a cheap toy.

secondly, it looks cool.

FAQ: what is cool and plays flash?

ans. Definitely not ipad. :)

Go ahead and make it into a chopping block. I'm outa here.

definitely my next cool gadget wont be running ios.

thanks for your time little philly. i wonder how much apple paid you to be an a**

cheers!

this topic drives me absolutely batty...it seems to me that there are a lot of people who are just "lemmings" and just follow the crowd without knowing why.... there are dozens & dozens of posts in this community and probably hundreds on the Internet that discuss the topic of flash on ios devices... ios has been around for what 5 years now, and the ipad for 2 years, and in that time has never supported flash... to me $500+ is a lot of money, and i for one will do my homework before i shell out that kind of money.... to me flash isn't that big of a deal, if i absolutely need it i have a main computer for that... it honestly makes me laugh to read posts like this, and to see so many that "plunk" down some serious money just so they can have the bragging rights of "i have an ipad".... honestly, if people don't do their homework then they only have themselves to blame for the outcome. and in the words of so many others, if you need "flash" don't buy and ipad. if you did, then sell it and get one that does support flash.

My little girl likes play Free Flash games online like Barbie Games, Ben 10 Games ect. As I know there is a technical reason for not supporting according to Jobs but there are big demand for current content. I wish Apple support Flash like Android.

Adobe would have to make it first

Have you checked to see if any of the games are available as apps?