NYT iPad ready/not ready – iPad feature?!

The “iPad ready” (according to Apple) New York Times website features a beautiful exploded interactive illustration of the iPad … in flash!  It can’t be viewed on iPad.   Arrgh… you’re messing with our heads, NYT!

Not iPad-ready: ebay

Be inspired…NOT. Ebay on iPad – you see a big white space on the home page!  There is of course, an easy solution for ebay: buy an iAd (Apple revenue cut – 40%).

Update: as of 21 April ebay have released a highly regarded iPad-specific App, to bridge the gap between the Flash-broken web version and
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Not on iPad: google analytics

The visualisations in Google’s popular analytics tool are rendered in Flash, so if this is important to you don’t count on an iPad to access them!

Not on iPad: spacestation

John Gruber (major flash demoniser) helpfully linked to this great animation of the international space station construction progress – its in flash, just the kind of interactive feature it does so well that you will not get on iPad
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/03/22/space-station

Not on iPad: brainpop *UPDATED*

This is a really good site… we left our 6 year old on it, and he could navigate it really well.  It is a whole bunch of informative interactive flash animations on various subjects aimed at kids… I really don’t think you could create brainpop on HTML5!
Update: brainpop have released a featured movie app for
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Not on iPad: club penguin

Club penguin is a multi award winning online game.  Its emphasis on safety and creativity means it is many kids’ introduction to the interactive internet.
http://www.clubpenguin.com

Internet without flash – sad gallery

Gizmodo published this gallery of iPhone screenshots to show how sad the internet looks without flash.
http://gizmodo.com/5492412/no-flash-on-iphone-gallery/gallery/1
And while we are at it, here is iwantflash’s page of sites that need flash:
http://iwantflash.com/sites-that-want-flash

Not on iPad: farmville

Flash games like farmville won’t be available on iPad unless separately sold (yes! maybe sold!) through the App store.  Update: there are ways for the iPad to open desktops on remote computers that people say allow flash pages to be accessed through the iPad… see detailed report

Not on iPad: bbc brain map

Free, high quality educational interactives such as the BCC brain map – iPad too dumb for them!
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Not on iPad: Large Hadron Collider

Animated illustration of the Large Hadron Collider… would any responsible educator bother with a flash hobbled iPad?

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Not on iPad: J K Rowling

The flash version of J K Rowlings website is a wonderful magical place… but not on the magical device!
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Not on iPad: Poptropica

Poptropica is an educational online game my 6 year old son is allowed to play as a treat at school. Not on iPad!