iPad does not support flash? Is it true?

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Permalink Reply by Evaggelos on December 11, 2011 at 7:38am

Apparently, you need a plugin to go to facebook. Without it the videos don's show and the layout of facebook is messed up. After the installation everything is just fine. 

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Permalink Reply by Jan on December 11, 2011 at 9:10am

Flash is not supported by iPad.  It is true.

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Permalink Reply by Dina Kravets on December 11, 2011 at 3:55pm

The answer is: it depends. iPad definitely does not support interactive flash (for example, friv.com is hopeless). But, if it's flash movie, you can play it in iPad using any number of downloadable iPad web browsers that support flash: Splashtop browser, Skyfire browser, Photon browser, etc.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Casal on December 12, 2011 at 11:52am

Using the YouTube app will stream videos. 

In general don't worry about it. Adobe is de-emphasizing (read: killing) Flash and embracing HTML 5 so fairly soon Flash-based webpages will be about the only thing using Flash as the majority of media will move from Flash to HTML5

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Permalink Reply by Ruchita Parat on December 13, 2011 at 3:01am

Yes, it is true.. flash is not supported by iPads.....

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Permalink Reply by Mark Moriarty on December 13, 2011 at 9:24pm

Try the Puffin Browser it supports showing some Flash videos.

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Permalink Reply by Kyle Pearce on December 15, 2011 at 5:42pm

Hi Evaggelos,

Flash is not really designed to run mobile devices. It's too resource-heavy which leads to crashes and massive draining of the batteries on mobile devices. Even on other tablets like the BlackBerry Playbook or Android Tablets, the flash experience isn't great. If you want to watch YouTube videos, just use the YouTube app. Or try out SkyFire as Dina suggested but I haven't had much luck with SkyFire on my iPhone.

If any of you are curious, Steve Jobs wrote an interesting treatise on why he decided not to allow Flash on the iPhone and iPad called Thought On Flash. Adobe just announched in November that they will be killing off Flash for mobile devices anyway. The new HTML5 standard for video and multimedia, which works perfectly on the iPad, will soon be the norm.

Kyle

DIY Genius

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Permalink Reply by Evaggelos on December 15, 2011 at 6:29pm

Hey Kyle,

I loved Jobs' open letter about Flash. Thanks for sharing.

Evagelos

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