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1. Remind me... is there is or is there isn't flash support (built in or third party) available now for the G1? If not, how close are we? And really, just how big is Silverlight? Seriously, I don't know of a single site outside of the MS domain that uses it.    by MrGibbage
   


2. out of the box there is no flash support    by probigeorge11
   


3. last i heard silverlight is on the outs, lot of websites dropping it for flash    by probigeorge11
   


4. A FLASH Plug-In? That's Fantastic News!!!! Now We Will Be Able To Take Web-Browsing To A Whole New Level!!!! I LOVE THE ANDROID!!! (Not To Mention Streaming Video's Off Other Sites Other Then YouTube.)    by RussianSolja
   


5. It is a Microsoft product.    by refused9150
   


6. not to bring anyone down or start something... but why would microsoft create something for android?    by ggreeenwood33
   


7. Quote:

   Originally Posted by RussianSolja A FLASH Plug-In? That's Fantastic News!!!! Now We Will Be Able To Take Web-Browsing To A Whole New Level!!!! I LOVE THE ANDROID!!! (Not To Mention Streaming Video's Off Other Sites Other Then YouTube.)

   not a flash plugin    by probigeorge11
   


8. That's a darn good question that has me puzzled too ???    by MrGibbage
   


9. silverlight is in no way flash compatible, is it?    by MattyMatt5481
   


10. no its a completely diff player    by probigeorge11
    


11. this will be a bust
    
    adobe will do something i am sure of it.
    
    they already got it ready for the iphone.
    
    android usies the same webkit that the iphone does.
    
    so just sit back and wait for adobe to do its thing.    by vbreal
    


12. Sure would be nice to have true full web function...    by happyandyv
    


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    Originally Posted by vbreal this will be a bust adobe will do something i am sure of it. they already got it ready for the iphone. android usies the same webkit that the iphone does. so just sit back and wait for adobe to do its thing.

    yeah in a weeks time some developer will have this ready for us.........they better    by probigeorge11
    


14. Silverlight was used by NBC during the Olympics and it looked very, very good. Of course it's not as widespread as Flash, but I heard that MS has exclusive deals with several content providers on the web so it may become more popular in the future. The bottom line is it can't hurt to have it, especially since the iPhone doesn't. If this is true, hopefully it will motivate Adobe as well.    by Message
    


15. does android support java? if it does, and its the same web browser on the iphone, i saw a video on how to get flash onto the iphone which may help us.    by MattyMatt5481
    


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    Originally Posted by MattyMatt5481 does android support java? if it does, and its the same web browser on the iphone, i saw a video on how to get flash onto the iphone which may help us.

    yes it does support javascript but that iphone flash trick would probably not work on the g1 seeing as they are different os's    by probigeorge11
    


17. hey, a guy can dream, i wish someone would try it out and see if it worked    by MattyMatt5481
    


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    Originally Posted by MattyMatt5481 hey, a guy can dream, i wish someone would try it out and see if it worked

    or have some genious create an app that supports all video formats.....thats a dream    by probigeorge11
    


19. I wish it would work because I have a friend who does the whole "lifecasting" thing, just caught up with her after a couple of years. she moved to japan from NYC and I havent talked to her in the longest time, there's a chat and a cam on her site and from what i see, it takes flash to run them both    by MattyMatt5481
    


20. yeah it would be great for porn too haha    by probigeorge11
    


21. Quote:

    Originally Posted by probigeorge11 yeah it would be great for porn too haha

    yes it would    by MattyMatt5481
    


22. Someone asked why Microsoft would develop anything for Android, since Android is a competing OS. The answer's pretty simple: Microsoft wants people to use Silverlight, but it hasn't caught on. If MS can get Silverlight onto the Android before Flash, it'll increase their market for Silverlight.    by doomcomplex
    


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    Originally Posted by Message Silverlight was used by NBC during the Olympics and it looked very, very good. Of course it's not as widespread as Flash, but I heard that MS has exclusive deals with several content providers on the web so it may become more popular in the future. The bottom line is it can't hurt to have it, especially since the iPhone doesn't. If this is true, hopefully it will motivate Adobe as well.

    I hope it does get Adobe to make a Flash player for the Android.    by secrecyguy
    


24. Quote:

    Originally Posted by doomcomplex Someone asked why Microsoft would develop anything for Android, since Android is a competing OS. The answer's pretty simple: Microsoft wants people to use Silverlight, but it hasn't caught on. If MS can get Silverlight onto the Android before Flash, it'll increase their market for Silverlight.

    Oh... that does make sense now...    by secrecyguy
    


25. I have actually never seen anything using Silverlight.
    And I think myself as a computer/internet advanced user.    by JAWheat411
    


26. Microsoft uses a lot of silverlight, and if you watched any of the olympics online you saw silverlight. The site was done with all silverlight, hopefully the g1 will show both flash and silverlight soon.    by mwenn1
    


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    Originally Posted by MrGibbage And really, just how big is Silverlight? Seriously, I don't know of a single site outside of the MS domain that uses it.

    Silverlight 2.0 isn't out yet. Once it is, I think it's going to be pretty big. I'm doing Silverlight development for a client of mine right now, and you can do some really awesome stuff with it. We've done some testing with streaming media over an EDGE connection to mobile devices and the picture quality is great. If Android developers get anything like what us .NET devs have to work with, you'll see some great stuff, for sure...    by richard
    


28. Quote:

    Originally Posted by richard Silverlight 2.0 isn't out yet. Once it is, I think it's going to be pretty big. I'm doing Silverlight development for a client of mine right now, and you can do some really awesome stuff with it. We've done some testing with streaming media over an EDGE connection to mobile devices and the picture quality is great. If Android developers get anything like what us .NET devs have to work with, you'll see some great stuff, for sure...

    
    I believe it came out yesterday.    by refused9150
    


29. Quote:

    Originally Posted by probigeorge11 not a flash plugin

    well its something to that effect.    by RussianSolja
    


30. Quote:

    Originally Posted by refused9150 I believe it came out yesterday.

    
    You are correct! My client will be stoked, we've been holding off a few releases from production because of it being beta. It will be interesting to see where it goes from here.    by richard
    


31. i really dont care which 1 comes to the android first.. aslong as i can watch videos on myspace and other stuff or is there a big different between them?    by dosz
    


32. Lol, true. Anyone will do, as long as one of them comes and it works.    by Big Al
    


33. Im really not too impressed with what I've seen from Silverlight.
    
    From a user's point-of-view....
    
    It's no-where near ground-breaking... I'd rather have flash support than Silverlight support ANY day.
    
    Atleast youtube will be available at launch... But I would really enjoy me some Flash for other sites.    by Atean