Adobe Could Release Flash for iPhone if Apple Approves
Flash Magazine reports on comments made by Adobe's Sr. Director of Engineering Paul Betlem during a Town Hall meeting at the Flash on the Beach Conference.
Betlem provides some followup for comments made by Adobe's Chief Executive Shantanu Narayen in March. Narayen claimed that Adobe would develop an iPhone Flash player themselves and release it through the App Store. There was some debate about the feasibility of this given the restrictions of the iPhone SDK.
Betlem now confirms that an Adobe Flash player for iPhone depends entirely on Apple's approval, but claims that a player could be made available "in a very short time" if they are given the go ahead.
Betlem provides some followup for comments made by Adobe's Chief Executive Shantanu Narayen in March. Narayen claimed that Adobe would develop an iPhone Flash player themselves and release it through the App Store. There was some debate about the feasibility of this given the restrictions of the iPhone SDK.
Betlem now confirms that an Adobe Flash player for iPhone depends entirely on Apple's approval, but claims that a player could be made available "in a very short time" if they are given the go ahead.
"My team is working on Flash on the iPhone, but it's a closed platform." He noted that Apple makes all the decisions, so in other words, the ball is in Apple's yard at this time.
Apple's Steve Jobs has claimed that the full version of Flash would not run well on the iPhone.Top Rated Comments
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44 months ago
Wow, this would be great. It would mean I could finally stream from NPR.org!
44 months ago
Not going to happen. Sorry to rain on the parade.
It's just speculation.
It's just speculation.
44 months ago
Let me be clear that I DO NOT want flash within the Safari browser. Too many problems will come from it in terms of download times, battery life, and program stability when you just want to browse the web. Apple is right to keep flash out of MobileSafari.
That said, I really DO hope that Apple allows a flash application that works the same as the YouTube application. It would be its own program, and when you click a flash video in safari it takes you to the Flash program if you have it.
I can get behind that plan.
That said, I really DO hope that Apple allows a flash application that works the same as the YouTube application. It would be its own program, and when you click a flash video in safari it takes you to the Flash program if you have it.
I can get behind that plan.
44 months ago
I hope they release it. A lot of websites use Flash, especially Youtube
The iPhone/iPod touch has a YouTube application.
Let me be clear that I DO NOT want flash within the Safari browser. [...] It would be its own program, and when you click a flash video in safari it takes you to the Flash program if you have it. I can get behind that plan.
I also don't want to see Flash integrated into Safari for my iPod touch. I also don't see Apple adding it to Safari either, which seriously limits Adobe's plan, even as an external program (Safari would still need to be modified to open up Adobe's Flash player when a user clicks on the "Flash zone" in Safari).
Also, if more people could serve HTML5 video for Safari (both desktop and iPhone/iPod touch) and a regular video-in-a-Flash-player for all the other browsers, I'm sure a lot less people would be asking for Flash support.
44 months ago
I agree that a dedicated Flash application would be more advantageous than building in the support to Safari...
44 months ago
Let me be clear that I DO NOT want flash within the Safari browser. Too many problems will come from it in terms of download times, battery life, and program stability when you just want to browse the web. Apple is right to keep flash out of MobileSafari.
They solve that easily with a toggle switch to turn Flash on/off at will.
I'm just tired of visiting sites and seeing the damn little Lego block staring at me.
I do see your point though, this is not a disagreement.
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