Comments on: Browser Based Flash Coming to Android

By: Ian M

Ian M — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:53:47 +0000

@John Doe – you missed the upper case “F” in “Free” there.

By: jeremy

jeremy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:02:48 +0000

Flash is something that I think is needed and will happen.not implementing flash for android would be to big of a dissapointment to many. And yes its not Flash&linux that’s the issue it is Gnash. I remember using or atleast trying gnash on yellow dog linux on my ps3 pffft goood luck with that.

By: Dan Fego

Dan Fego — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:56:29 +0000

@Rich: The only problem with your position is that Gnash has always been way behind Flash. Last time I tried it I had so many problems right off the bat I didn’t keep it for more than a few minutes. Not to mention, have the Gnash team made their software ready for Android yet?

By: Nicho

Nicho — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:09:49 +0000

I can’t wait to see this happen,oh by the way to verizon,at&t,sprint and finally that piece of crop metro pc’s stop being jelous of t-mobile cuz you guys suck big time,One more thing apple your music players are trash that’s all for today folks have a great night and don’t forget is better to die with a g1 in your hands than nothing at all.

By: John Doe.

John Doe. — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:04:03 +0000

Rich,

Flash always has, and always will be free. That is the sole reason why its taken the market by storm.

By: collegekid

collegekid — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:37 +0000

When do the flash come out for the G1

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:43:16 +0000

But this is non-Free software. Depending on non-Free software is very, very bad. I’d much rather see Gnash for Android over this.

By: Howard

Howard — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:03:11 +0000

Android is essentially a custom Linux, and being a longtime Ubuntu Linux user, I can tell you that Flash support on Linux has it’s issues:

a) It runs my CPU very high.

b) It’s responsible for crashing my web browser (Firefox3) about 3 to 4 times a week.

Granted, Android is it’s own software stack, and thus will differ somewhat from Ubuntu. Nonetheless, unless some really good testing gets done, don’t be surprised if Android inherits these same issues with Flash.

By: George

George — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:21:32 +0000

@Jon Colverson
See this wired article: Why Apple Won’t Allow Adobe Flash on iPhone
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/11/adobe-flash-on.html

By: Matt Gaunt

Matt Gaunt — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:00:19 +0000

The reason it won’t be appearing on the iPhone is something to do with Apple’s policy of developing for the iPhone.

Apparently Adobe made Flash 10 run alot faster on mac OS X just to get in Apple’s good books to allow them to run flash on the iPhone.

Thats how I’ve been understanding it – I could be horribly Wrong

Gaunt

By: Jon Colverson

Jon Colverson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:39:32 +0000

I’m not sure why you think this will be on Android and not on the iPhone. The G1 and the iPhone both use ARM11-based processors, so I think this announcement would be equally applicable to both platforms.