Apple's iPad NYTimes Promo Video Shows Flash Again [Updated]
Flash content shown (left), Broken plug-in shown (right)
We're planning on writing this one off as a web-blunder, but one reader points out that Apple seems to have reverted their iPad promotional video back to one which renders the NYTimes Flash content correctly.
The iPad promotional video caused a lot of buzz when it was discovered that it depicted properly working Flash content on NYTimes' website. As it turns out, the videos are essentially mock-ups and were never purposefully intended to depict the iPad running Flash. Apple was even quick to post a new version of the video properly showing a broken Flash plug-in in the place of the video content. The incident even generated an FTC complaint against Apple for false advertising. So, why would Apple change it back now?
The easiest explanation is that either Apple or Akamai made a mistake this weekend and republished the original video. Meanwhile, an absurd and essentially impossible alternative given Steve Jobs' comments about Flash is that the iPad will support Flash. If this was a purposeful switch back, perhaps the NYTimes may plan on offering HTML5 content (which does play on the iPad) for their video content, much like YouTube and Vimeo have started doing.
Chances are, however, the video will again be corrected in the near future.
Update: Apple has changed it back to showing a broken Flash icon.
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26 months ago
And that's what the article says.
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That would require reading for some people, which is generally asking too much :)
I guess we'll see if this is corrected by tomorrow.
26 months ago
That would require reading for some people, which is generally asking too much :)
I guess we'll see if this is corrected by tomorrow.
Do you mean your post?
I think the NYTimes may indeed replace the flash content with html5 based on browser detection... which would explain the new promo video correctly showing what just got replaced.
26 months ago
Do we know for a fact that the video is showing flash content? Just because visiting NYTimes.com today displays content using flash doesn't mean that the website will not display the content using some other means when the iPad is available. There are other ways of displaying video and pictures than just flash, and sites that want to get their content to eyeballs know that.
26 months ago
I hope this means Flash will be on the iPad, but I doubt it.
I've been pretty vocal in the past about my hatred for Flash. I loathe it with a passion and would love nothing more than to see it die a quick, painful death. I'm also just fine with Apple not supporting it on a mobile device if it fails to meet their demands about power consumption and user experience.
However, given that the iPad is supposed to supplant the browsing experience on a laptop--not a phone--I take the position that Apple is being absolutely moronic in excluding Flash from it. There's just no excuse. This is not a device you carry around in your pocket all day and rely on for phone calls, so power consumption is largely irrelevant. The usage would presumably center around the home or a workplace where it can be easily recharged. So even though I hate Flash, I think Apple needs to pull their head out about this and get it working on the iPad.
I've been pretty vocal in the past about my hatred for Flash. I loathe it with a passion and would love nothing more than to see it die a quick, painful death. I'm also just fine with Apple not supporting it on a mobile device if it fails to meet their demands about power consumption and user experience.
However, given that the iPad is supposed to supplant the browsing experience on a laptop--not a phone--I take the position that Apple is being absolutely moronic in excluding Flash from it. There's just no excuse. This is not a device you carry around in your pocket all day and rely on for phone calls, so power consumption is largely irrelevant. The usage would presumably center around the home or a workplace where it can be easily recharged. So even though I hate Flash, I think Apple needs to pull their head out about this and get it working on the iPad.
26 months ago
Do we know for a fact that the video is showing flash content? Just because visiting NYTimes.com today displays content using flash doesn't mean that the website will not display the content using some other means when the iPad is available. There are other ways of displaying video and pictures than just flash, and sites that want to get their content to eyeballs know that.
also addressed in the article. :)
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26 months ago
It's obviously just a mistake. The iPad won't support Flash and this article will just ignite more "end of the world" rhetoric.
26 months ago
Steve Jobs is a very persuasive man, maybe he was able convince the NYTimes to dump Flash for HTML5.
Doesn't Steve Jobs know what we want more than we do?
Doesn't Steve Jobs know what we want more than we do?
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