Could the iPad finally kill off Adobe Flash?

Do we need Flash on the Internet in 2010, simple answer is NO! It’s an ancient web technology that should have died a death a long time ago, there are much better options, it just needs web developers to learn how to use them.

One of the biggest users of Flash, YouTube has now started trials of a beta site using HTML5, if they can do it everyone can. Most of it’s uses are not needed anyway, adverts created in Flash? No need for them and they can be annoying.

Now if the iPad takes off in a big way I do believe it could bring about the death of Flash. When the iPod Touch and iPhone were first released it was touted as having the full web experience in your pocket, and it could view and render web sites in exactly the same layout as on a full sized computer or laptop. But still people rushed out and created “mobile optimized” versions of their site. Why? simple, viewing and navigating a fully rendered version of a web site on such a small screen is doable, but a mobile optimized version can be much more pleasurable.

Now if the iPad can have the same effect it will be even easier for web developers this time. No having to create a custom version, all they have to do is remove elements that the iPad refuses to display… FLASH!!

For most sites out there there are 10 others that provide the same information. If enough iPad’s are sold and people can’t view your site correctly because of Flash they ‘will’ go elsewhere, the user has the option of which sites the visit, the site owner has to attract them to theirs.

This could be the push that has been needed for a long time to truly rid the Internet of Flash… well that’s what I’m hoping, only time will tell.