Jan Zdarsa iPad detractors talk about the Apple iPad not having Flash. And that the current Internet is largely about video content. But is that a problem? As it seems, it won't be a problem, rather the opposite!
Apple has prepared a page today Ready for iPad, where he introduced several big players who have prepared an HTML5-based video player directly for the iPad. Whether it's the New York Times, CNN, the Vimeo video server, the Flickr photo gallery, or even the White House website, HTML5 tags will be used to play video on the iPad. In short, no Flash will be needed on these websites, but you will enjoy the videos to your heart's content.
HTML5 should put far less strain on the iPad's processor, and thus playing video on the web will not have such an impact on the iPad's endurance. HTML5 should also cause far fewer problems than Flash technology.
As it seems, Apple is scoring again and this move is working out for them. It is not Apple that adapts, but on the contrary, it is the servers that adapt to Apple. Only a few sites are on the Ready for iPad page, but many sites will use the HTML5 video viewer. And it's only a matter of time (perhaps) when this trend reaches us too.
It's just a good thing that Apple doesn't support Adobe Flash much, it's a sorry, unstable piece of shit.
We'll see in a year if HTML5 support increases massively..
It would be really interesting if the big servers adapt. This would speed up the process thanks to Apple :)
Flash is dead. Well, kudos to you.