Adobe Flash on iPhones.

[garricks]

Originally Posted by Sketcher

Flash is a dying program. .

Not true.

It may be falling out of use on the web, but it's still being used to create interactive educational materials, and we're using it to create animations for patient information digital displays.

[Sketcher]

Originally Posted by garricks

Not true.

It may be falling out of use on the web,

Thats what I meant - dying in terms of web use. More and more web designers are abandoning Flash for more mobile friendly and more reliable sources.

[MisterAdobe]

Flash in my opinion does more harm than good as it absolutely murders batter life on Androids. I'd much rather have a low quality image than having a higher quality flash image simply sap the life of my phone. I see the quandary as a designer, but perhaps it's time to let him know that pretty soon Flash won't even be a consideration.

Hopefully this is also a step in the right direction in creating a more cohesive mobile market where advertisers (and customers) will not have to worry so much about compatibility issues. I mean we did spend the last 20 years hammering out the details as far as that goes on PCs and laptops.

I do understand the argument that the flash file may be higher quality, but I also understand why he would want his site to be a little more universal. You're kind of in a tough situation right here now because html 5 isn't supported by all devices and flash is in the process of going the way of the dodo.

As stated earlier he may just have to do without the banner. Is it worth having a lower quality image or extended compatibility? Might just want to skip the banner altogether for now.

[tZ]

Has the project already been delivered or is this something that has been noted in the design stage? Either way did the contract/brief mention the site would provide alternatives to flash for devices that do not support it? If not than I would say this is more a problem with the hardware that can not be overcome – blame it on apple. Than again depending on what flash has been used for in most cases a sensible developer would use something other than flash. Though that starts to get into the quality of person who has been hired and budget of the job. I think it is perfectly acceptable to degrade and not show the banner. That is what graceful degradation is for. Besides… it is only decoration regardless of the hard on the client has for it. What does the banner do that is requires flash – swap images at different intervals or what?