Does the iPad provide the best way to browse the web?
April 14th, 2010It’s a quote that’s been discussed over and over in the last few weeks since the launch of the iPad.
Being a geek I understand that Flash is not good for the web and I’ll be more than happy if there can be agreement on a video codec (maybe Googles own VP8) to use in the HTML5 specification. I’d much rather that video ran natively in the browser rather than relying on a plugin.
But just because I understand all these things doesn’t mean my girlfriend cares the same way I do.
We recently talked about the iPad (she’s not normally into ‘tech’ stuff but the iPad has been so heavily promoted that it’s hard to miss) and we talked about how such a device would be ideal for her.
She doesn’t have laptop and her computer is in our daughters bedroom so we can’t use it after she has gone to bed. Her requirements are also very minimal, email, web and that’s about it….oh except for those online Flash games.
And there’s the crunch. The iPad may be a great piece of hardware but she doesn’t want to know why Flash won’t work on the iPad, she just wants it to work. Usually Apple get this.
So for this reason alone I’ll never buy an iPad. Maybe I’ll buy her a Google tablet instead.
