Why doesn't ipad2 support html 5?

[OUTL4W]

Which program were you watching?
Perhaps if you looked up "fox mobile media" in the app store....you might find what you're looking for.

 

[Andyvalver]

I think that no flash on an iPad will eventually be forgotten. I've noticed more and more sites changing over time to HTML and therefore my iPad works. And if a site doesn't work on the iPad they usually have an app for that.

sent from iPad

 

[gdg]

I was trying to watch Glee which has 5 episodes available at any given time.

 

[Batpad]

If HTML 5 is flash that would explain it. What a PITA!!!!

HTML5 isn't flash. It is an alternative to and one that apple prefers. The website your trying to view and is probably using flash which isn't supported on iOS devices

Sent from my iPad using iPF - The only stupid question is the one you don't ask

 

[twerppoet]

Ok, let me take a wild guess as to where this is coming from.

Some of the online TV sites do indeed support HTML5, and the iPad also supports HTML5

When I go the Fox website and attempt to watch a show that they are streaming I get a message telling me that my mobile device (iPad2) doesn't support HTML 5. I doubt they'd flat out lie about this.

Ah, well you said 'player' before, which is more open to interpretation. Chances are they just don't recognize the browser ID then. Because the iPad most definitely does support HTML5.

 

[twerppoet]

Ok, let me take a wild guess as to where this is coming from.

Some of the online TV sites do indeed support HTML5, and the iPad also supports HTML5

When I go the Fox website and attempt to watch a show that they are streaming I get a message telling me that my mobile device (iPad2) doesn't support HTML 5. I doubt they'd flat out lie about this.

Ah, well you said 'player' before, which is more open to interpretation. Chances are they just don't recognize the browser ID then. Because the iPad most definitely does support HTML5.

I just went to the Fox.com site, and it definitely says 'player', not 'mobile device.' They are referring to the software on the site, not the iPad. They do not deliver HTML5.

 

[OUTL4W]

I was trying to watch Glee which has 5 episodes available at any given time.

Netflix? Hulu plus+?

Or perhaps once jailbreak comes out for iPad2.....check out "glee mobile" from cydia. Allows you to stream/download episodes for freeeeeeee.

 

[mmmmpa]

If there is no App that support html5 then it will be on the next few month

 

[gdg]

I just went to the Fox.com site, and it definitely says 'player', not 'mobile device.' They are referring to the software on the site, not the iPad. They do not deliver HTML5.

Thanx, that explains it.

 

[OUTL4W]

I was trying to watch Glee which has 5 episodes available at any given time.

Uhhmmmm...have you checked the tv section of the iTunes store on your iPad?...you can download/watch them there as well.

 

[gdg]

$4 for a 40 minute TV episode...you've got to be kidding! I don't mind paying for media but if Apple is going to gouge me then F_ _ _ em. I'll down load a torrent before I go along with getting flat out ripped off.

 

[OUTL4W]

Then the only thing I can suggest is either wait for jb and download the glee app I mentioned above from cydia or buy splashtop from app store and stream them from pc to iPad for a smoother viewing experience.

 

[gdg]

Netflix? Hulu plus+?

Or perhaps once jailbreak comes out for iPad2.....check out "glee mobile" from cydia. Allows you to stream/download episodes for freeeeeeee.

That would be great except I can't find an app called glee mobile or anything from cydia.

 

[twerppoet]

Cydia is the jailbreaker's app store. You won't find it in Apple's store, and there isn't any reason to try to go to Cydia until you've jailbroken the iPad. And the iPad 2 still can't be jailbroken (at least not by any reliable means), so it's a waiting game for now.

 

[gdg]

This is new to me...

I gather this has been discussed to death but the concept of jailbreaking an ipad is new to me. I knew that people jailbroke their iPhones but I thought that was so they could use them in other countries when they traveled. I also was under the impression that one could never update a jailbroken iPhone so I ended up getting an unlocked one myself. As for the iPad I have a Canadian iPad2 which means I can use any carrier I like, anywhere in the world. Wouldn't jailbreaking an iPad compromise both it's future functionality (in terms of updates) and reduce it's resale value?