Android without Flash

[gregsgirl71]

So, I am contemplating the Galaxy Note 2. I am not one to impulse buy something with such a high price tag with out doing a bit of research first. The most disturbing thing I have come across so far is that there will be no flash available, other than by side load and I have no idea what that means. Can someone explain to me how this will impact my Droid experience on the Note 2 or even the Galaxy S 3 as that is my second choice?

 

[fdbryant3]

Side loading means to load an APK from your PC rather than the Play Store. I suppose it could also mean loading from any source other than the Play Store and include sources of alternative stores like Amazon.com. I tend not to think of it this way but you get the point.

As for the impact of not having will depend on how much browsing you do from your phone and the type of sites you visit. If you browse a lot of media sites - it might be a problem unless they have an app or have implemented alternative coding strategies such HTML5. On the other hand if your typically visit sites that don't use flash, it shouldn't be much of a problem.

Personally I don't find it much of an issue but your mileage may vary.

 

[Satires]

Maybe do some research on the skyfire browser. As far as I know, sky fire give flash even if the phone can't support it. What happens is, every site you visit goes through their servers and it comes back to flash enabled. I don't quite know how to explain it.

 

[chrlswltrs]

You may be surprised how much you really don't miss flash. I never thought I would be saying that, but Chrome browser doesn't support flash on Android either. That has been my default browser since it was released. I thought that the lack of flash would be an issue, but it hasn't affected me much at all.

 

[mikedt]

Adobe themselves have now killed mobile Flash, with no new development. The Flash requirements on many websites very much going away, think we can thank Apple for that. Website designers probably want to ensure their sites work correctly on iOS devices(iPhones and iPads), that don't have Flash either. Which means that they'll also work with non-Flash Android devices as well.

 

[Satires]

It all depends on what one uses their mobile browser for. I assure you, if you're a heavy user web browsing, there are things that will be missed.

It's not just videos and ads that run on flash. It's Widgets in blog posts and some websites such as an mp3 streaming widget or a photo widget. I for one will hold on to flash as long as possible.

I wasn't going to upgrade my Droid Bionic to ICS. Then I read flash does in fact work with the official OTA ICS release. Unfortunately that same cannot be said about the supposed Jelly bean upgrade. My phone is blocked from receiving any further updates.

Also, I would not rely too heavily on webmasters to change things over. Flash still has a major foot print on the internet.

 

[Satires]

Adobe themselves have now killed mobile Flash, with no new development. The Flash requirements on many websites very much going away, think we can thank Apple for that. Website designers probably want to ensure their sites work correctly on iOS devices(iPhones and iPads), that don't have Flash either. Which means that they'll also work with non-Flash Android devices as well.

Yeah, I just found out they're dropping support for Linux as well (Home computers and laptops with Linux)...

 

[gibbs1984]

Yeah, I just found out they're dropping support for Linux as well (Home computers and laptops with Linux)...

Really? Didn't hear that Flash doesn't run great on my Linux Mint 13 setup anyway.

You can still use Flash on Jelly Bean if you already have Flash installed or side load it, nothing to say it won't work it's just that Adobe have stopped support from Jelly Bean onwards.

Personally I don't surf the web that much on my phone or tablet so I won't miss Flash that much, still keep installed and use a browser that uses Flash though.

 

[Daniel Jones]

Hey gregsgirl71
It's good that you have done a research of your note 2. But android and iPhone both do not support Flash. So the most of the applications and mobile websites are developed considering the platform flash capabilities. But if you wish to open some Flash file on your android phone you can always try out Adobe AIR app, it is best alternative for you.