The iPad's lack of Flash is a win-win situation
It seems iPad lack of Flash support is the debate of the moment. On one camp: “You can’t use the web without Flash”, on the other camp: “We don’t need no stinking Flash”. Although I do realize how a technology like Flash is sometimes needed, I’m more on the second camp. The less flash, the better.
I think iPad’s lack of Flash cause two things to happen:
- Slow down the adoption of the iPad: surely someone will say “No Flash, No iPad“.
- Speed up the adoption of HTML5: surely someone will consider using HTML5 to support the tablet.
Giving that the iPad is a closed device, probably the closedest non-phone computer consumers ever had access to and that HTML5 is good progress for the web, I consider both results of the iPad not having Flash positive. If I have to say anything about it, it’d be: please, stop trying to wake Steve Jobs up regarding this, you’ll ruin it.
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