No Flash on ICS :-(

**martinp86** · 11-18-2011, 11:21 AM

And i take it there will never be or am i doing some thing wrong?

**916x10** · 11-18-2011, 09:22 PM

I wonder if you already have the flash apk if it will install???

**kinster02** · 11-19-2011, 04:20 AM

Originally Posted by 916x10

I wonder if you already have the flash apk if it will install???

Slashgear tried but was unsuccessful.

**evilhugbear** · 11-22-2011, 05:35 PM

I saw on engadget that the last update to mobile flash will make it compatible with ICS.

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**Officerpolabear** · 11-22-2011, 08:40 PM

Adobe said they are working on Flash for the ICS platform but it will be the last update for Android (although, they will continue to do bug fixes but will not make flash more new versions of android).

**p3unit32** · 11-26-2011, 08:46 AM

You guys should be happy about that news. Flash only slows the phone down causes it to lag and crash. HTML5 is better, I don't know why it wasn't utilized from the start.

**Mr Bigs** · 11-27-2011, 05:31 AM

Originally Posted by p3unit32

You guys should be happy about that news. Flash only slows the phone down causes it to lag and crash. HTML5 is better, I don't know why it wasn't utilized from the start.

HTML5 is not better and is not compatible with many things people don't realize like games.

**ip_freely** · 11-27-2011, 05:38 AM

What about silverlight?

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**SkunkShampoo** · 11-29-2011, 04:18 AM

Silverlight? I wouldn't want to see Microsoft get their hook in things. I wouldn't put it past them to give Android users an inferior experience. They are feircely competitive.

**Lancer033** · 11-29-2011, 08:36 AM

i'm going to say something that may get me banned.....

Steve Jobs was right about flash

that said, he was wrong to block flash from being available on the i*hone and that's one of the great things about Android. I'll be glad to uninstall it when enough websites convert their content over to newer/better technologies.

**konspiracy** · 11-29-2011, 10:16 AM

Well flash just needs to be optimmized a little better.

**bigsupersquid** · 11-29-2011, 11:09 AM

<cough>
it took the Maipad devs to get flash player to run on armv6 since Adode stinks and refused to compile it for the older arch, they only want to support newer hardware, and won't release source code for others to fix things themselves like with Android.
Adobe is better known for adding bloat than optimization

**meany105** · 11-29-2011, 05:14 PM

i'll upgrade to ICS, but after that, if flash isn't working WITHOUT some sloppy hacks enabled, then ICS will be my final upgrade

**p3unit32** · 12-13-2011, 10:36 PM

Originally Posted by Leo J

HTML5 is not better and is not compatible with many things people don't realize like games.

Really, then why is android the only one, excuse me correction... Why has the mobile platform stop using it then? HTML5 is the new web standard, it just may take developers time to get use to it. It must be better if Adobe agrees to start working with it.

**androidcues** · 12-13-2011, 11:42 PM

That would be funny if Adobe turned around and says "ya know what nevermind Back to work!" and then Microsoft is left having to drag their Silverlight hacks back to the table.

I think we are done with Flash.

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**Appoogle User** · 12-14-2011, 12:51 AM

Originally Posted by Leo J

HTML5 is not better and is not compatible with many things people don't realize like games.

Explain this to me. So you can't make games with HTML5? I'm sure that's not what you mean as their is a website called HTML5games.com. If HTML5 isn't better than why is it being adopted by not only the mobile platform, but every browser is being judged by its ability to conform to HTML5 as the new standard. Flash had its time, but not its time is over.

**p3unit32** · 12-14-2011, 06:38 AM

Originally Posted by Appoogle User

Explain this to me. So you can't make games with HTML5? I'm sure that's not what you mean as their is a website called HTML5games.com. If HTML5 isn't better than why is it being adopted by not only the mobile platform, but every browser is being judged by its ability to conform to HTML5 as the new standard. Flash had its time, but not its time is over.

Exactly, I totally agree.

**zorak950** · 12-17-2011, 10:27 PM

I wouldn't debate that HTML5 is the future, but in the meantime there's a lot of stuff you can't view on the web without Flash.

**p3unit32** · 12-18-2011, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by zorak950

I wouldn't debate that HTML5 is the future, but in the meantime there's a lot of stuff you can't view on the web without Flash.

Only because those websites aren't using HTML5 yet.

**zorak950** · 12-18-2011, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by p3unit32

Only because those websites aren't using HTML5 yet.

Exactly, and until they do the content is inaccessible without Flash. Until all (or at least the big ones) switch, Flash compatibility will continue to be relevant to mainstream end users.