Originally Posted by GAMESHARQ

Sorry, I'm new here. And no, I didn't know that. I don't have an ipad yet.

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No worries. Flash is a sensitive topic around here ~ do some research and you can understand why.

Originally Posted by SweetPoison

No worries. Flash is a sensitive topic around here ~ do some research and you can understand why.

Oh gosh. I lost count of how many threads we have had about flash.

As long as new users keep buying iPads, flash questions are never going away.

I don't think a lot of newby users even understand what flash is. All they know is, videos played just fine on the PC they used for years and now on their expensive new iPad a good amount of web content is not available.

I agree that flash is a horrible program and I am glad it is being phased out. At the present time however, there are still plenty of sites that still use it and it is quite annoying that it doesn't work in the iPad.

I have tried all the 3rd party browsers that are supposed to play flash and not one of them does it reliably. I have a couple favorite sites that you absolutely HAVE to have flash for, I use SplashTop running from a PC on my LAN for those sites.

Originally Posted by jmorton10

As long as new users keep buying iPads, flash questions are never going away.

I don't think a lot of newby users even understand what flash is. All they know is, videos played just fine on the PC they used for years and now on their expensive new iPad a good amount of web content is not available.

I agree that flash is a horrible program and I am glad it is being phased out. At the present time however, there are still plenty of sites that still use it and it is quite annoying that it doesn't work in the iPad.

I have tried all the 3rd party browsers that are supposed to play flash and not one of them does it reliably. I have a couple favorite sites that you absolutely HAVE to have flash for, I use SplashTop running from a PC on my LAN for those sites.

As long as they don't clearly advertise the fact that iPads don't like flash, new users will keep buying iPads.

Does Splashtop run in the background? It has to I suppose otherwise you might as well watch it on the PC. I'll look into that. Thanks.

Originally Posted by ian russell

Originally Posted by jmorton10

As long as new users keep buying iPads, flash questions are never going away.

I don't think a lot of newby users even understand what flash is. All they know is, videos played just fine on the PC they used for years and now on their expensive new iPad a good amount of web content is not available.

I agree that flash is a horrible program and I am glad it is being phased out. At the present time however, there are still plenty of sites that still use it and it is quite annoying that it doesn't work in the iPad.

I have tried all the 3rd party browsers that are supposed to play flash and not one of them does it reliably. I have a couple favorite sites that you absolutely HAVE to have flash for, I use SplashTop running from a PC on my LAN for those sites.

As long as they don't clearly advertise the fact that iPads don't like flash, new users will keep buying iPads.

The new Blackberry Playbook commercial takes care of stating Ipad and Xoom not playing Flash, though I think it's meant more to Apple than Android.
Flash will eventually go away, like leaded gasoline, but until then we have Puffin and iswifter to muddle along with.
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Originally Posted by Mountainbikermark

The new Blackberry Playbook commercial takes care of stating Ipad and Xoom not playing Flash, though I think it's meant more to Apple than Android.
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I just think it's funny how on the commercials for it, the screen images are simulated. So it appears WAY faster than it really is!

Oh I never meant to state that the Playbook is any good . If it was it wouldn't have to poke at other tablets to make sales .
Anyway back on topic, sorry, I'm no fan of Flash but if I'm going to use my Ipad and still live in my world it is a necessary evil until PBS Kids, Zagg, Photobucket , my local bank, etc stop using it so I use Puffin
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the YouTube app render them to HTML on the Ipad? The Kid Mode app plays the videos fine, just doesn't convert the games to non Flash. My toddler daughter watches the videos, does art work reads books on my Ipad and phone but plays the games on my phone only since they are Flash inside the app .
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Originally Posted by Mountainbikermark

Oh I never meant to state that the Playbook is any good . If it was it wouldn't have to poke at other tablets to make sales .
Anyway back on topic, sorry, I'm no fan of Flash but if I'm going to use my Ipad and still live in my world it is a necessary evil until PBS Kids, Zagg, Photobucket , my local bank, etc stop using it so I use Puffin
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the YouTube app render them to HTML on the Ipad? The Kid Mode app plays the videos fine, just doesn't convert the games to non Flash. My toddler daughter watches the videos, does art work reads books on my Ipad and phone but plays the games on my phone only since they are Flash inside the app .
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If I remember correctly, i think I saw some kind of ad this week for a PBS Kids video app that's now available.

Thanks. Checking on it now . She plays the games on PBS kids
They are not quite it but thank you, it's better than what I had by far. Her favorite game is word world pizza factory but it wasn't one I saw

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Originally Posted by Mountainbikermark

Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the YouTube app render them to HTML on the Ipad?
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It does as I stated earlier. Some people think it uses flash!