Jan 28 2010
About iWantFlash
iwantflash.com is made up of a group of bloggers, creatives, technology geeks, and Apple fan boys and girls. We love Apple products and enjoy a significant amount of our news and entertainment while plugged in. We also love choices.
iwantflash.com is a grassroots effort that hopes to gain enough attention that Apple is forced to serve those of us who appreciate Flash’s rich media experience something other than the blue Lego icon of doom.
The timing of the launch of this effort was indeed prompted by the launch of the iPad. (C’mon who could miss Steve Jobs showing the New York Times on the sleek new iPad with a huge white screen and the blue Lego icon?) We don’t just want to see Flash on our prospective iPad buys but want it as a browser plugin, and on our iPhone and iPod touches.
If a company is going to openly state in this age of transparency that they are going to “let you see the web as it was meant to be seen” then shouldn’t we have all the rich media experiences the web can bring. Flash powers videos and content on sites such as Hulu, The New York Times, and cnn.com. Flash powers numerous games that we all enjoy on platforms ranging from our desktops to our phones. How are we seeing the web as it was meant to be seen if 70% of the web’s videos and 75% of the web’s games are not accessible to us?
If you feel as we do and want choices and openness on the web, then sign our petition and help us to get Flash supported on all of our Apple iDevices.
January 30th, 2010 9:26 am
So much for your on line petition. All positive comments eh?
That’s because you choose to remove any comments you deem anti flash. Put my previous comment back up. Show some guts.
Btw sent from my iPhone – one of 30 million sold worldwide. So far you have 336 signatures. Doesn’t compute does it lol
January 30th, 2010 12:37 pm
what’s the purpose of this petition anyway??
[To get flash on the iPhone and iPad, isn't it obvious from the site? - LK]
January 30th, 2010 12:48 pm
i’m a flash developer but i’m tired of adobe, we all have been shouting out what we want for flash since 5 years ago!! and they always came up with the opposite. and i’m tired defending adobe if they’re not even listening to us.
if flash does gets killed, then its entirely their fault!
and @Please-no-flash-on-the-iPhone IF YOU HAVE BALLS, USE YOUR REAL NAME AND TYPE IN YOUR ADDRESS.
here’s my address 450 W. 33 Street, New York, NY 10001
[Sorry had to edit out the saltier language, trying to keep this SFW - iwantflash]
[Also look at the flash player 10.1, lots of the things I have been asking for are in it - iwantflash - Luke Kilpatrick]
January 31st, 2010 1:29 pm
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Paulo Fierro, Chris Teso. Chris Teso said: Probably weakest argument I've heard for Flash from Flashers. "not perfect but the best we have". wtf, guys! http://iwantflash.com/about [...]
February 1st, 2010 9:12 am
Until Adobe can bring some updates and major changes to the table, Apple is making the right choice leaving Flash off their product line. I can’t help but imagine the fit IWantFlashers would put up, b****ing at Apple when Flash doesn’t work or crashes their browser. I’ve seen this before.
Adobe is behaving as if their proprietary plugin is an standardized feature. It’s not; it’s proprietary software that in the end only serves to make Adobe money – as would be the case no matter what company it is. As such, they have to work to keep it current and as bug-free as possible. They aren’t willing to do this, so Apple is reacting. If Adobe would get it right, then I’m sure Apple would consider it.
Bravo, Apple, for not caving.
February 1st, 2010 10:35 am
Adobe has the updates coming. Flash 10.1 is already testing very well. All I would like to see would be Apple to say, ok we will work with Adobe to get this working. Right now Apple is not even willing to work to fix the issues.
Most of the issues with Flash on the Mac are experienced in Safari, which has had at least 2 major revisions as well as a new operating system release since Flash Player 10 has come out.
If Apple said we will hold off Flash until it meets our expectations and will work with Adobe until it does would be a great thing to hear.
February 2nd, 2010 4:49 pm
Flash crashes the browser when someone write’s poor code. I’ve seen JS apps crash the browser too.
Adobe will make money on whatever technology is popular, whether Flash or HTML 5, by making tooling for it. And Adobe can’t make Flash run well on the iPhone without Apple’s help, try as hard as they might.
There are a few things Adobe keeps from the Flash player such as AEC to protect their Connect product, which makes me mad. But over all they do a good job at implementing the most common requests for new features.
Flash should be on the iPhone and iPad. It is much more prevalent than HTML 5 is, that’s for sure. And with the Open Screen project and player 10.1, there is no technical reason not to.
March 5th, 2010 1:38 pm
It is also a glorified Kindle. Why buy the $500 Kindle when you can have an iPad that does a dozen more things as well, and has App access.