{"id":1061,"date":"2009-02-28T13:42:49","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T20:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:21:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:21:15","slug":"no-flash-support-for-iphone-ipod-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/askcom\/no-flash-support-for-iphone-ipod-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"No Flash Support for Iphone \/ Ipod Touch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The only time I&#8217;ve ever written anything before about an experience with anything Apple, I got attacked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/general-interest\/why-i-hate-itunes-apple-music-store\/\"target=\"_blank\">rabid fans and supporters of  Apple<\/a> so quickly that I was stunned, but perhaps this one won&#8217;t be as controversial.<\/p>\n<p>Our family now owns three Ipod Touch handhelds, which are essentially Iphones without phone service and can surf a wireless internet connection.<\/p>\n<p>At first I wondered why anyone would want one, then each of my kids chipped in for their own in 2008, and they&#8217;ve shown me some amazing, ingenious and hilarious stuff. I see the appeal, but I never really surfed the Internet on it for more than a minute or two, until last night.<\/p>\n<p>The first website I went to was a friends who was over, and he wanted to see what his his site looked like on an Iphone. It barely displayed and had no navigation.  Why?  Because Flash isn&#8217;t supported. Why not? Apparently I&#8217;m the last to know, but this video made me understand \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bjgXnMVMimg&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bjgXnMVMimg&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"\/><\/object>\n<\/div>\n<p>This has of course spawned hacks and workarounds, but really, I was pretty surprised and disappointed &#8211; and amazed that I&#8217;d been the last one to know.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;ll go to the trouble, but if you want to see Flash videos (all i wanted was a navigation menu) there are ways&#8230;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/321ueOiBw7s&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/321ueOiBw7s&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"\/><\/object>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\">\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bG9DlXVKs2c&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bG9DlXVKs2c&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"\/><\/object>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only time I&#8217;ve ever written anything before about an experience with anything Apple, I got attacked by rabid fans and supporters of Apple so quickly that I was stunned, but perhaps this one won&#8217;t be as controversial. 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