Flash Tablets and the bitter Pill posted: 16 Sep, 2011
“Windows 8 will have two versions of Internet Explorer 10 — a desktop version and the Metro version, which is optimized for tablets.
Part of that optimization will be a plugin free experience, meaning Metro IE10 will be primarily HTML5 and will not support browser plugins, including Flash.
“The experience that plug-ins provide today is not a good match with Metro style browsing and the modern HTML5 web,” writes Dean Hachamovitch, head of the Internet Explorer team,”
So, Apple do not support flash on the iPad and Microsoft is heading the same way, does this effectively mean the end of Flash for websites?
As a standalone product or end format probably yes, it certainly has use as a development tool or in the pre production process for sketching out interactive concepts for presenting ideas. It’s probably best use will be for creating adverts which can then be output as HTML5 which will work on all platforms.
We will be publishing an article on why you should plan your sites for mobile devices shortly, meanwhile if your site is in Flash, without a fallback you may be heading for trouble.
If in doubt talk to us, we will be happy to help and/or advise.