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Mon, 08 Feb 2010 CubeMe Google Chrome plug-in shows how Adobe Flash will look on iPad

CubeMe by The Blue Cube, a Google Chrome plug-in has been updated

Nick Spence

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A recently updated Google Chrome plug-in shows how Apple iPad users will see Adobe Flash on the iPad, or rather not see. CubeMe by The Blue Cube replaces Flash banners and ads with the so called blue lego cube of disappointment.

Apple has yet to support Flash on the iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has long claimed Flash runs too slow on the iPhone to be useful and more recently reportedly accused Adobe of being "lazy," describing Flash as "buggy."

As the makers of CubeMe explain: "This extension replaces all Flash content with the ubiquitous blue cube iPhone users are accustomed to seeing. Pretend you're on an iPad!" and "Experience the web the way Steve intended."

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According to Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch, Flash is currently used in more than 85 per cent of the top Web sites, including the BBC, Nike, Hulu and Major League Baseball.

Adobe added the company was "on the verge" of Flash Player 10.1 for smartphones with "all but one" of the top manufacturers including Google's Android, RIM's BlackBerry, Nokia, and the Palm Pre planning to adopt it.

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NickBlakey said on Mon, 08 Feb 2010

Not sure of the reasoning behind this, but I will be using it to strip Flash content when I'm browsing, for when I want a hassle free web experience.

If The Blue Cube were trying to back Flash, they may have inadvertently given their users a glimpse of the streamlined experience that flash-free browsing can offer.

Jamie Bishop said on Mon, 08 Feb 2010

I already using the elegant 'click to flash' to remove all flash content from my web browsing. Speeds everything up no end and no more annoying advertising.

binkyhuckaback said on Mon, 08 Feb 2010

Forgive me if I'm underwhelmed by the slow death of Flash. It has had its day, but it's fast becoming irrelevant. In my case the disappointment caused by the blue cube is that website builders are still living in the past. The blue cube is the dying throes of a headless chicken. HTML5 FTW!

Dave1970net said on Mon, 08 Feb 2010

Flash can be slow, annoying at times and very distracting. However, we the customer should have the choice to block flash not Apple! This is undemocratic and controlling from a company that has had much to say about such behaviour from Windows. Very disappointing and I suspect will turn a lot of people off the iPad, and to be honest it looks really terrible too, and a technological step-back.The iPad is turning into the incompatible pad, disappointing!

iGav said on Mon, 08 Feb 2010

I can't abide Flash and have installed "Click to Flash" on all my Macs. The reason being that I was absolutely fed up waiting for pages to load because the flash plugin chokes on everything.

Also, there is just no need for it - the majority of the flash that infests the web is to pump adverts at me. I like the fact that I have got rid of annoying adverts in one fell swoop.

I like the lack of flash on web content on my iphone and I will equally love not having it on my iPad when I buy it.

Far from being a deal breaker, I see the lack of flash as a major plus point

skmarston494 said on Mon, 08 Feb 2010

Lots of people said that the lack of flash was going to be an iPhone deal breaker, I guess that over 25 million people disagree.

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