IPad Mini flash?

[Grant Lamontagne]

My wife had an iPad Mini and is upset that she can't stream certain TV shows from certain website because there's no native Flash support.

I've read that all she needs to do is install another browser that supports Flash, but that bone of them seen to do it consistently.  If rather not go through a few dozen browsers on her machine, so I was wondering if anyone here could suggest a good one?

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[neillcurrie]

On my nexus7 I use the Firefox beta browser, plays flash flawlessly. I followed instructions on the web, took maybe 5 mins total to install/configure correctly.

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[Millhouse]

I have Puffin browser on my iPad. It sort of works. The browser itself doesn't support flash, flash content is processed on Puffin's servers and streamed back to the browser.

[detron]

I think this sums it up nicely

[Grant Lamontagne]

So far it's not looking good for the iPad.

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[AlephZero]

So far it's not looking good for the iPad.

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Sorry boss, no Flash on Apple I'm afraid

[Syph007]

I just picked up a 7 inch samsung tab 3 for 179 from best buy... works great.   Just sayin... 

[tattoosteve99]

Apple products, especially the iphone and ipad are notorious for NOT supporting flash. So if you really want it, get another tablet. I love my iphone and I like apple, but that's the only bad thing IMO


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[Grant Lamontagne]

Yeah I'm aware that they don't get along, I just hoped that someone by now would have defied The Steve and come up with a decent workaround.

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[jekostas]

Doesn't really look like there's much out there for the iPad.  Puffin is probably your best bet.  If it makes you feel any better Android hasn't had official Flash support since ICS dropped.

[16VGTIDave]

Flash should be allowed to quietly die. Why people continue to want it with all it's failings, rather than berating the web developers who continue to use it is beyond my comprehension. Flash is one of the worst security issues for computers (why do you think most pron sites use it?). Flash is one of the main causes of browser crashes. And simply installing Flash causes high CPU load when the browser is launched. "But my favourite FaceBook game is flash based, and I just have to play it!" is one of the worst reasons to install Flash, and yet it is the one I hear most often.

Rather than wanting a flash player for flash based content on a device that will NEVER have it, one should be wanting the content to be provided in a better format. Every time you visit a website, your browser is logged by the site. And they observe you. If you go to a page and leave, that is bad for them. So do it often and the web dev's will be told to fix it. Write an email to the CEO of the company and ask them why they don't want your revenue. Tell them that you will make a point to "hit and run" on a daily basis, and thereby lower their Google ranking. Demand that they offer their content in a format that is supported by the most popular devices in the world.

Stop using Flash and your internet experience will improve.

[Grant Lamontagne]

Yeah, I agree, but that doesn't solve the current problem of not being able to view Flash with the iPad.  I agree that it is not the best platform out there, but it is there and I would like to be able to use it.

Def

[AdmSlc]

My wife had an iPad Mini and is upset that she can't stream certain TV shows from certain website because there's no native Flash support.

I've read that all she needs to do is install another browser that supports Flash, but that bone of them seen to do it consistently.  If rather not go through a few dozen browsers on her machine, so I was wondering if anyone here could suggest a good one?

Def

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I have an IPad 2 and I use the Dolphin web browser. It seems to work best with Flash.

[Whoey]

while I know it's not the answer you're after, the site that uses flash should setup alternate HTML5 players like youtube, then there's no need for flash.

There was a point several years ago were flash really had benefits, but now it's long outdated tech.

[Etherealicer]

Flash should be allowed to quietly die. Why people continue to want it with all it's failings, rather than berating the web developers who continue to use it is beyond my comprehension. Flash is one of the worst security issues for computers (why do you think most pron sites use it?). Flash is one of the main causes of browser crashes. And simply installing Flash causes high CPU load when the browser is launched. "But my favourite FaceBook game is flash based, and I just have to play it!" is one of the worst reasons to install Flash, and yet it is the one I hear most often.

Rather than wanting a flash player for flash based content on a device that will NEVER have it, one should be wanting the content to be provided in a better format. Every time you visit a website, your browser is logged by the site. And they observe you. If you go to a page and leave, that is bad for them. So do it often and the web dev's will be told to fix it. Write an email to the CEO of the company and ask them why they don't want your revenue. Tell them that you will make a point to "hit and run" on a daily basis, and thereby lower their Google ranking. Demand that they offer their content in a format that is supported by the most popular devices in the world.

Stop using Flash and your internet experience will improve.

I agree that flash is outdated and a poor choice for video-streaming (and similar).
However there are also good reasons for flash.
- Tons of free, funny games.
- It would break apple-store monopoly if people could use flash games

Oh, yes and without a doubt the user is the highest security risk. Currently, its phone calls to confirm your bank data, why would anyone believe in that?

[frjack]

Oh, yes and without a doubt the user is the highest security risk. Currently, its phone calls to confirm your bank data, why would anyone believe in that?

My ex-bank was sacked for two reasons ; first they would ask me for my password and got arsey when I refused, but told them I would give them three random characters of their choosing. This eventually lead to the supervisor and then to a security "expert ". All utterly clueless! Their website was bobbins, too!

Second reason was the straw that broke the camel's back : moving the call centre to India. Droids who (despite English being an official language ) seemed to be unable to communicate intelligably... and told lies.

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[Etherealicer]

Oh, yes and without a doubt the user is the highest security risk. Currently, its phone calls to confirm your bank data, why would anyone believe in that?

My ex-bank was sacked for two reasons ; first they would ask me for my password and got arsey when I refused, but told them I would give them three random characters of their choosing. This eventually lead to the supervisor and then to a security "expert ". All utterly clueless! Their website was bobbins, too!

Second reason was the straw that broke the camel's back : moving the call centre to India. Droids who (despite English being an official language ) seemed to be unable to communicate intelligably... and told lies.

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I'm sorry but they are sort of users too. It is sad though that they have such lapses. And kinda proves my point its not Flash that's the problem its humans. Last week we had a call from an IT-guy who wanted to know how he can see whether a website is secured or not. I'm just an intern (having switched to IT from Biology), its ok if I ask those questions but a certified IT-guy? Also about 3 seconds with Google and he would have had the answer.

But we are derailing the thread, so back to topic.

About a year or so back I installed the Skyfire for a client and he seemed very happy with this solution (costs 5$, or 4.5 Euros???).