How the iPad Is Already Reshaping the Internet (Sans Flash) 532
The Internet's already starting to look different, says Gizmodo, in a piece of interest not only to everyone with an iPad floating around the UPS system, but also those of us thinking about some other kind of tablet in the medium-term future. As they put it, "The iPad doesn't run Flash. If your website uses Flash, it won't play well on the iPad. Turns out, a lot of people want their sites to look pretty on the iPad."
And an anonymous reader adds this snippet from Webmonkey: "In anticipation of Saturday's release of the iPad — which doesn't run Flash — Apple has published a list of 'iPad Ready' websites. The sites are all big league sluggers like CNN, The New York Times, People Magazine and MLB.com. Surprisingly, there are also a few video-heavy sites in the mix (Vimeo, Flickr, and TED) which would traditionally rely on Flash Player for video playback."
Re:Not everyone is an Apple whore (Score:4, Funny)
The Internet's already starting to look different? (Score:5, Funny)
I've started making my site iPad-compatible. (Score:5, Funny)
The first thing I did to make my site more iPad-friendly was to use nothing but different shades of pink. The green I used before is gone, along with the black. It's all pink.
The second thing I did was put penises all over the place. My site is actually about mobile homes, but erect penises are what really attract the iPad crowd.
The third thing I did was use words like "fabulous" and "super duper" all over the place.
The fourth thing I did was replace all 's's with 'th'. So now my site has text like, "This is the motht fabuloth mobile home you'll thee on the market today!"
The fifth thing I did was made my site navigable with nothing more than a flick of the wrist.
I'm sure with these changes that my site will become the premiere site for iPad-using mobile home enthusiasts.
Pad Ready (Score:2, Funny)
Just like my wife.
Re:I'll wait for the upspec version.. (Score:5, Funny)
nope. They will release iPad nano, which will be a rebranded re-release of iPod Touch.
Re:2 Minutes of My Life I'll Never Get Back (Score:2, Funny)
The badger dance is just a homage to one of da Vinci's [moonbuggy.org] early works, lighten up Francis!
Re:2 Minutes of My Life I'll Never Get Back (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Not everyone is an Apple whore (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Not everyone is an Apple whore (Score:5, Funny)
Jobs and Apple wouldn't be where they are today if they waited around for you to spread your legs. They have a history of throwing the consumer on the ground and mounting them while the consumer cries "No! Please! Not there! I've never done that before! I can't!... Oh! Oh! Yes! Yes! More! Please! More! Oh God! Yes! I never knew it could be so good!"
Re:Nope, doesn't get it. (Score:5, Funny)
The portable devices for quick use already exist, and they are way better than the iPad...
*YAWN*
Sorry. You were saying something about it having less space than a Nomad and how lame it was. Well, that's what I heard, at least...
Re:2 Minutes of My Life I'll Never Get Back (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Newgrounds (Score:3, Funny)
You probably never had a 486-120. For its time, it was a SCREAMER :-)
No joke. I had to live in an apartment next door to one.
Re:Not everyone is an Apple whore (Score:3, Funny)
If your old Pentium 100 computer is still working you're using that as your sole computer then, right?
Re:Not everyone is an Apple whore (Score:5, Funny)
Jobs and Apple wouldn't be where they are today if they waited around for you to spread your legs. They have a history of throwing the consumer on the ground and mounting them while the consumer cries "No! Please! Not there! I've never done that before! I can't!... Oh! Oh! Yes! Yes! More! Please! More! Oh God! Yes! I never knew it could be so good!"
You've clearly given this some thought.
Re:Newgrounds (Score:5, Funny)
Stupid dancing badgers almost ate my soul. Pretty colors... they dance. But why do they dance? What are they going to do next? Mushroom? It's red. What is it doing? Oh... badgers... how you torment me so.
SNAKE!
Re:They are not... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Apple is scared of write once run anywhere (Score:3, Funny)
The weakness of Flash is that it's like Java. You write once and the content will suck anywhere with a Flash plugin.
Re:Not everyone is an Apple whore (Score:3, Funny)
The iPad is not the iPod... the iPad doesn't really bring anything new to the table. It will fade into obscurity with all of the other ebook readers just like Palm PDAs did.
I agree. No Flash, and it holds less than most netbooks. As Apple inventions go, it's pretty lame.
Re:Not everyone is an Apple whore (Score:4, Funny)
Apple is refined and locked down revolution for the masses.
The revolution will not be webcast in Flash.
Lame. (Score:1, Funny)
The iPad is probably going to fade into obscurity.
Less space than the Library of Congress. No neural connections. Lame.