Nexus Devices on 4.1+ To Loose Flash?

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Sounds like Flash on Android is finally coming to an end. From Jelly Bean onwards Flash will no longer be available to download from the Play Store unless it's pre installed on a certified device.

So does that discount Nexus devices then?

http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2...id-update.html

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Originally Posted by cpm

Sounds like Flash on Android is finally coming to an end. From Jelly Bean onwards Flash will no longer be available to download from the Play Store unless it's pre installed on a certified device.

So does that discount Nexus devices then?

http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2...id-update.html

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I never had flash installed on my phone, so Im ok with this :P

Originally Posted by cpm

Sounds like Flash on Android is finally coming to an end. From Jelly Bean onwards Flash will no longer be available to download from the Play Store unless it's pre installed on a certified device.

So does that discount Nexus devices then?

http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2...id-update.html

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HTML5 will replace Flash

Yes true, but it remains to be seen how fast media streaming websites adopt html 5 and dispense with flash.

For instance, I can currently watch tv programs from our national tv station as I have Flash installed.

However look at the situation if I upgrade my phone and no longer have flash. Now what? It's one thing to say the browser can pay html 5 . But that's only going to be a realistic alternative when Flash is replaced by the media companies. It's that type of scenario in thinking of.

What's the situation like in the US and elsewhere?

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Adobe should rather provide a kind of plugin which can abstract the flash and provide the html5 interface working for existing flash based web pages.
There has to be a solution for back word compatibility. It will be sad if we cant play so many good websites which are developed on flash.
I hope Google and Adobe can provide good solution for back word compatibly

I wont miss it. I've had it installed but the browser is always set to load plugins on demand but I newer use it.

Hopefully html5 will replace it fully soon. It needs to deliver better performance.

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The developers of Adobe Flash have stated that they will no longer support devices 4.1+. Yes, HTML5 is supposed to replace flash. Hopefully it works out better with performance and load speed. One is to only hope.

Steve Jobs was correct, Flash was not made for touchscreen devices

Originally Posted by rodrigocorsi

Steve Jobs was correct, Flash was not made for touchscreen devices

No, more precisely, we have new technology to do what flash does, so it will be replaced and it is being replaced.

Flash can be tune to work with a touchscreen but since it going be replaced soon, putting on more effort to it is kind of pointless. Seeing how buggy it runs on Linux, I don't think I would miss it at all. I look forward to the day when I no longer needs it.

Currently there is a work around for no flash on 4.1. All I did was install the Firefox beta and then flash. It works but is kind of buggy. I just had a few websites I had to have flash for.

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