Comments on: Flash comes to the iPhone http://www.raphkoster.com/2009/10/05/flash-comes-to-the-iphone/ Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: We Fly Spitfireshttp://www.raphkoster.com/2009/10/05/flash-comes-to-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-151344 We Fly Spitfires Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:35:43 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=3226#comment-151344 I'm not sure it will have that much of an impact apart from us seeing a ton of crappy Flash apps that people try to port over and make money. The big day will come when Flash works natively in the iPhone browser. They Apple's world will crumble.. like an Apple Crumble :) I’m not sure it will have that much of an impact apart from us seeing a ton of crappy Flash apps that people try to port over and make money.

The big day will come when Flash works natively in the iPhone browser. They Apple’s world will crumble.. like an Apple Crumble :)

]]> By: Awesome Robothttp://www.raphkoster.com/2009/10/05/flash-comes-to-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-151335 Awesome Robot Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:35:38 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=3226#comment-151335 Vargen, no on both points, it's not going to be running flash at all. Flash CS5 will allow developers to port their apps and games to the iPhone format. That means no virtual machine needed or supported. This isn't Flash support, it's Adobe pulling a run-around on Apple. Vargen, no on both points, it’s not going to be running flash at all. Flash CS5 will allow developers to port their apps and games to the iPhone format. That means no virtual machine needed or supported. This isn’t Flash support, it’s Adobe pulling a run-around on Apple.

]]> By: Raphhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2009/10/05/flash-comes-to-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-151334 Raph Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:07:03 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=3226#comment-151334 No, Lena, because apps still need to be approved by Apple. No, Lena, because apps still need to be approved by Apple.

]]> By: Vargenhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2009/10/05/flash-comes-to-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-151331 Vargen Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:18:09 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=3226#comment-151331 I still see Flash speed hiccups on my quad-core Mac Pro. That doesn't exactly fill me with confidence that Adobe can make it work on the puny iPhone. On second thought, the approach that's described here sounds like it could work better than a straight port would have. This could mean the iPhone will get much better Flash support than it would have if Apple had allowed a straight port of the OS X version... I still see Flash speed hiccups on my quad-core Mac Pro. That doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence that Adobe can make it work on the puny iPhone.

On second thought, the approach that’s described here sounds like it could work better than a straight port would have. This could mean the iPhone will get much better Flash support than it would have if Apple had allowed a straight port of the OS X version…

]]> By: Lenahttp://www.raphkoster.com/2009/10/05/flash-comes-to-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-151321 Lena Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:45:34 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=3226#comment-151321 Oh no. Does it mean i'll get more unsolicited ads on my iphone? Oh no. Does it mean i’ll get more unsolicited ads on my iphone?

]]> By: Raphhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2009/10/05/flash-comes-to-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-151320 Raph Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:09:15 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=3226#comment-151320 Oh, definitely, for those (many many) people who are hobbyists and only have Flash, I think so. Oh, definitely, for those (many many) people who are hobbyists and only have Flash, I think so.

]]> By: Kim Pallisterhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2009/10/05/flash-comes-to-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-151319 Kim Pallister Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:55:46 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=3226#comment-151319 Is it really *that* much of a savings over porting the app to unity or re-writing to the iphone SDK? I'd imagine that adapting the app to the platform (UI, multi-touch, etc) is a big chunk of work, and that all but the most ambitious Flash apps are relatively easy ports from there, no? I think Derek's right. I don't think Apple cares what your app is written in, provided the customer accesses it through the app store and it's not a path to more content (i.e. an app vs a platform) Is it really *that* much of a savings over porting the app to unity or re-writing to the iphone SDK? I’d imagine that adapting the app to the platform (UI, multi-touch, etc) is a big chunk of work, and that all but the most ambitious Flash apps are relatively easy ports from there, no?

I think Derek’s right. I don’t think Apple cares what your app is written in, provided the customer accesses it through the app store and it’s not a path to more content (i.e. an app vs a platform)

]]> By: Derek Licciardihttp://www.raphkoster.com/2009/10/05/flash-comes-to-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-151318 Derek Licciardi Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:35:33 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=3226#comment-151318 This isn't really any different than the Unity3D solution or the MonoDevelop solution from Novell. The only reason they get away with it is because they compile down to a bytecode. There is no VM at all installed on the iPhone because Apple won't have a way to deploy applications on the phone that doesn't specifically include the App Store. This isn’t really any different than the Unity3D solution or the MonoDevelop solution from Novell. The only reason they get away with it is because they compile down to a bytecode. There is no VM at all installed on the iPhone because Apple won’t have a way to deploy applications on the phone that doesn’t specifically include the App Store.

]]> By: cliffhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2009/10/05/flash-comes-to-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-151317 cliff Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:14:43 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=3226#comment-151317 In other words, it won't have much of an impact on the quality of the contents of the app store as it currently stands... after all, 90% of everything is crap. In other words, it won’t have much of an impact on the quality of the contents of the app store as it currently stands… after all, 90% of everything is crap.

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