The website appleinsider.com has posted information about an interview by Bloomberg with Adobe’s Chief Executive Officer Shantanu Narayen. A blurb from the interview.
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — Adobe Systems Inc. faces a challenge in creating a version of its Flash video software for Apple Inc.’s iPhone, Chief Executive Officer Shantanu Narayen said.
“It’s a hard technical challenge, and that’s part of the reason Apple and Adobe are collaborating,” Narayen said today in a Bloomberg Television interview from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “The ball is in our court. The onus is on us to deliver.”
So we may see some sort of Flash support in the future, but depending on what is decided on it may be limited or it maybe full featured. Either way, Flash is intensive and there will be some hurdles to overcome at the begining. Here’s a blurb from appleinsider.com in regards to just that.
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has maintained since nearly a year ago that the real obstacle is the nature of Flash itself. While desktop Flash is too resource-heavy for the small processor and low memory of smartphones like the iPhone, Jobs has warned that Flash Lite is too feature-limited and doesn’t do many of the things users expect Flash to do — such as playing video on the web or showing complex animations on websites.
Most Flash Lite implementations actually depend on an app that runs entirely outside of the web browser and are often based on older versions of Flash that limit their performance and feature set; Jobs has argued for a “product in the middle” that does more.
Either way, Flash on the iPhone is something I know I will give a warm welcome too. The biggest issue I’ve had to date is not being able to watch flash video’s, unless of course the video’s from YouTube. But with Vimeo and Qik being used more often, a much needed plugin or update to Safari is needed.