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Not to mention the fact that 'the masses' spend days on end playing farmville, mobster games, etc etc which are all flash. That doesn't seem likely to change an

by axod 16y ago

Not to mention the fact that 'the masses' spend days on end playing farmville, mobster games, etc etc which are all flash. That doesn't seem likely to change any time soon.

sudont 16y ago
Too bad it's impossible to port something. Absolutely, completely impossible. In fact, once something is coded onto a platform, the cosmic censor prevents one from even using that brand in a different way on a different platform. See: Diablo, and it's PlayStation port: Devil Guy Visits Ratchet and Clank. Flash is actually coded by chipping if-thens and loops into stone tablets for all of time. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/farmville-by-zynga/id375562663?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/farmville-by-zynga/id37556266...
GHFigs 16y ago
farmville, mobster games, etc etc which are all flash. Both Farmville (60+ million users) and Mafia Wars (45+ million users) have been ported to iOS.
- axod 16y ago
  Ported as in "You go to facebook and it just works"? Or ported as in "You have to do X,Y,Z"? If it's the later, I don't think it particularly matters. Most people just want it to work. They consider a browser should function as a browser.
  - steveklabnik 16y ago
    As in 'a native app.' http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/farmville-by-zynga/id375562663?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/farmville-by-zynga/id37556266...
    - axod 16y ago
      Right. Which is my point (Thanks for the downmods guys). Most people are going to want to go to a website, and have it work. A native app doesn't cut it.
      - mitjak 16y ago
        Not if they use the facebook app, which is what they would use to get to facebook.
saturdaysaint 16y ago
Farmville and its Mobster equivalent have been on iOS for months. There has been almost no major technology to emerge since the debut of iOS that is really dependent on Flash. Zynga and Hulu were the last major players to emerge with prominent Flash utilization, and they've heavily invested in iOS since. To the contrary, iOS exclusive (at least to begin) apps like Angry Birds and Instagram have captivated the tech press and public imagination. Really, as an iOS user since the first gen, I don't feel left out of anything. To the contrary, iOS continues to get the best stuff first - Kindle, Netflix, the latest iD and Epic games, the best social networking clients, the best new games that people on other platforms clamor for (Angry Birds, Cut The Rope, etc.).

by axod 16y ago

Not to mention the fact that 'the masses' spend days on end playing farmville, mobster games, etc etc which are all flash. That doesn't seem likely to change any time soon.

sudont 16y ago

Too bad it's impossible to port something. Absolutely, completely impossible. In fact, once something is coded onto a platform, the cosmic censor prevents one from even using that brand in a different way on a different platform. See: Diablo, and it's PlayStation port: Devil Guy Visits Ratchet and Clank. Flash is actually coded by chipping if-thens and loops into stone tablets for all of time. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/farmville-by-zynga/id375562663?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/farmville-by-zynga/id37556266...

GHFigs 16y ago

farmville, mobster games, etc etc which are all flash. Both Farmville (60+ million users) and Mafia Wars (45+ million users) have been ported to iOS.

axod 16y ago
Ported as in "You go to facebook and it just works"? Or ported as in "You have to do X,Y,Z"? If it's the later, I don't think it particularly matters. Most people just want it to work. They consider a browser should function as a browser.
- steveklabnik 16y ago
  As in 'a native app.' http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/farmville-by-zynga/id375562663?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/farmville-by-zynga/id37556266...
  - axod 16y ago
    Right. Which is my point (Thanks for the downmods guys). Most people are going to want to go to a website, and have it work. A native app doesn't cut it.
    - mitjak 16y ago
      Not if they use the facebook app, which is what they would use to get to facebook.

saturdaysaint 16y ago

Farmville and its Mobster equivalent have been on iOS for months. There has been almost no major technology to emerge since the debut of iOS that is really dependent on Flash. Zynga and Hulu were the last major players to emerge with prominent Flash utilization, and they've heavily invested in iOS since. To the contrary, iOS exclusive (at least to begin) apps like Angry Birds and Instagram have captivated the tech press and public imagination. Really, as an iOS user since the first gen, I don't feel left out of anything. To the contrary, iOS continues to get the best stuff first - Kindle, Netflix, the latest iD and Epic games, the best social networking clients, the best new games that people on other platforms clamor for (Angry Birds, Cut The Rope, etc.).