People around the world are asking the question, why can i not have flash on my mobile phone or touch screen pc? I mean this is the 21st century, surely i should be able to watch Hulu and play flash games on my device – Shouldnt i?

Well it seems that the reason there is no Flash integration on the iphone, mobile devices and coming iPad is because the touch screen will make a lot of flash apps, games and even videos unworkable.  Although new Flash apps that are created just for touchscreens would be ok, everyone wants all existing Flash sites to work. And it seems that this is where the problem lies.

Reported on Mac.Blorge – Flash developer, Morgan Adams speaking about the lack of Flash on phones and touch screen devices, the following:-

• Video players where the controls appear when you move the mouse over and dissapear otherwise, as seen on Hulu.
• Video Games where steering controls use the mouse without clicking
• Menus that popup subpage links when you mouse over a main button, versus going directly to a main category page when you click
• Buttons that have important explanations/summaries on mouseover, which you need to understand before deciding what to click
• Functions that use mouseover to preview and click to commit; such as choosing hair colors for an avatar: you mouse over the colors until your character looks the way you like, and then you click to commit
• Maps and diagrams that don’t use click at all, but pop up info as you mouse around

The good news is that Adobe is apparently working on a version of Flash specifically designed just for touch-based handheld devices, in time for the Summer.

Of course, Adobe still need to sort out other existing Flash transfer problems, such as battery drain issues and processor overload. One thing is for sure though, even if Flash does become available for touch screen – Apple will probably block its use on their products, or risk loassing a big chunk of revenue.

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