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Flash Ported to iPad

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Here is the Git repository that is mentioned but not linked to in the article, for anyone interested. http://github.com/comex/frash

Anyone install this and try it out? I'd like to but I think I'll wait for a packaged version.

Maybe they just added it but they do include a link to the github repo at the bottom under "source".

I assume this is a jailbroken iPad, so most iOS users will never know this even exists.

There's just too much cool stuff in the jailbroken world that will never make it to the legitimate side...

what else?

SBSettings (and the Congruence skin), Grooveshark, Fake carrier, RandomRing, MyWi, Backgrounder. Grooveshark is a big one for me since it's the only streaming service we have in Canada.

I could live without any one of them but when I reconsider my jailbreak they all add up to make my phone, well, my phone. I could live without them, but I won't.

Patiently waiting for iOS4 to be jailbroken for the 3GS with the new bootrom. Then I'll be able to cross Backgrounder off the list.

I don't use it, but there's a call recorder which is pretty neat. And My3G, which allows you trick apps into thinking you're on WiFi when you're on 3G. Oh and screen recorders too. Lots of useful stuff.

That adds up to a pretty hefty indictment of Apples policies.

Yes and no. I don't really blame them for disallowing system extensions (Backgrounder, SBSettings, fake carrier, call recorder, etc). They can be useful, and they can also be privacy and security nightmares.

I tolerate having to jailbreak because I'd probably end up carrying an iPod around anyway, and from the outside it seems that using cooked ROMs is the norm in the Android community. Maybe the situation on Android is better if you have a well-supported device. Nexus One users got Froyo quickly enough.

My next device might run Android. We have a Nexus One at the office that I'm going to carry for a week and see how I like it.

sjs I don't know if you're into indie music, but my side project http://mixest.com/ should work in safari on the ipad (we're working on an ipad app as well to make it easier to use).

Nice job on mixtest, I saw it here on HN the other day. It's pretty cool!

I couldn't load it on my iPad or iPhone though. Loads on my notebook right away. I'll bookmark it and try it later.

I find that the first song doesn't play on my iPad as well, but I got it to work by going to the next song.

And agreed about its coolness.

Helps if I type the fscking domain correctly! duh.

If Adobe were smart they'd do a big advertising campaign for it heh.

Adobe should plaster Facebook and flash-gaming cites with "play this game for free on Android - iPad just can't handle the flash" ads.

I do love Apple products, but they consistently alienate me. Given that the PSP has seemlessly handled Flash for me (with lower processing power) the iPad just looks like a giant clunky text viewer to me.

Really? Is Farmville working on Android?

Notice he doesn't actually demonstrate playing any of the games. Mainly because it's not immediately obvious how you could do it on a device with no mouse & keyboard.

Definitely a big issue, but there are quite a few mouse-only Flash games that work well on a touchscreen. We have a mobile version of Kongregate (targeting Android of course): http://m.kongregate.com

They work great on my N900!

How does one come about to finding the mobile Kongregate? I use your site quite regularly, and never even considered that there would be a mobile site available.

(Off Topic: Love the highest rated comments system, and your website in general.)

The iPad can utilize a bluetooth keyboard.

Every game he loaded up required a keyboard. Oops. Oh and there were Flash ads on Newgrounds. Yay?

TED talks, Slideshare, and blip.tv would have made far more compelling demos. Lots of good content trapped in Flash on those sites. Until they move to HTML5 I would use Flash on an iPad for those sites.

I can't speak for the others, but TED has HTML5 support and works great on my iPad.

Slideshare also has an iPad viewer.

EDIT: Also, blip.tv appears to work just fine.

Oh, good to know! Guess I don't need Flash on iPad for anything then.

Comedy Central, namely The Daily Show and Colbert Report

I'm just wanting hulu. Hulu+ is a joke.

I want Hulu as well. In Canada our only real choices are iTunes and copyright infringement. I'm not paying $3/show for DRM encumbered video on iTunes, so...

Please let Flash die.

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