On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Aryeh Gregor
<Simetrical+wikilist(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Steve Summit
<scs(a)eskimo.com> wrote:
I'm not up on the details of Flash, so this
comment may be
misguided, but *if* the reason Apple restricts these unstated
"technologies" is for security reasons, then I'm quite glad Apple
does, and I'd say it's Adobe that deserves the snarky comment.
Any security considerations that apply to the iPhone probably apply to
Mac desktop as well, so that wouldn't make much sense. Flash doesn't
have a remarkable number of vulnerabilities compared to other large
web-facing programs (like, say, browsers), and for almost all users,
the slight added security threat is worth it.
I imagine the actual issues here involve things like that iPhone/iPod
uses ARM; Flash uses too much battery life; or insufficient money is
going one direction or the other. I would take it for granted that
Apple would like iPhone users to be able to view YouTube.
I would *like* to say that all this just underscores the danger of
proprietary, closed-source technologies like Flash, but of course,
Theora isn't in a very different situation here.
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Fwiw, the HTC Dream and HTC Magic (first Android phones) run ARM
processors, so I don't believe that's the sole concern; I believe that the
Palm Pre is on ARM as well, but don't quote me :)
Granted, doing intensive flash stuff will drain your battery on any phone,
but I don't think the processor is the restriction here. I'm not sure how good
the reporting is, but:
"Adobe said that a Flash Player for the iPhone is not being made available
because it uses a just-in-time compiler and virtual machine within a browser
plug-in to play back website content - technologies that aren’t currently
allowed on the iPhone." [1]
-Chad
[1]
http://www.gizmag.com/flash-player-101-for-smartphones/13042/