@BobWarfield
"IF" Flash is not good I've yet to see anyone defend Flash on the basis it is really good stuff only based on the fact that there is a lot of it out there period end of story. Most people who defend Flash admit it is blank.
Now one of the key factors of Apple products especially the iPad is it's responsiveness. One of the major complaints about Flash is its a resource hog. Mix the two together and what suffers a HUGE factor in the iPads success to date I would image. Then there is battery life another common complaint against Flash. There their is the concept behind the iPad the it's users are not looking for a computer system or to be computer literate but rather simple users of an appliance that does what it is suppose to do with easy and speed. If you open it the iPad up to Flash and it starts doing what everyone seems to agree Flash does hog resources slowing the responsiveness of the iPad and damaging battery life the common claim is the user can always remove Flash right? Except that is counter the the whole point of the iPad that makes it a computer project not an appliance. Going through the process of adding Flash and a few flash games and video's only to find out that my iPad is slow and it's battery does not last as lone as it once did then going through the process of removing flash and the games and videos is something I would expect to do on a computer system a hobby device that I fully expect to tinker with from time to time. That is NOT the rational behind the iPad.
Pagan jim
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