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 DOES IPAD 1 & 2 SUPPORT FLASH? , Discussion Thread

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RAMChYLD
post Mar 27 2011, 10:47 PM

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simple answer: no.

complicated answer: not directly. A browser called Puffin (as well as several browsers other out there) uses remote desktop technology incorporated into browser to decode Flash. Read: decode flash on server and send as video+audio stream to iPad, iPad send back mouse click events to server. it's a legal loophole, since RDP is allowed by Apple). Downside: Slow internet connection (imagine being stuck with EDGE on DiGi, like I am now- due to being on vacation in the east coast) renders it mostly useless. Also my tests show that so far Puffin cannot send back keystroke events.

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