Earlier today Apple announce the iPad, the touchscreen tablet computer which they hope will become the new way in which people browse the internet at home and on the move, and with the companies track record you wouldn’t bet against this becoming a reality.
One of the announcements which interested me, was that the iPad will run on the same software as the iPhone and this could have major implications for your museum website.
If you have browsed the web on the iPhone you might have noticed that it doesn’t play flash animations. Many museums use flash on their website, some are even built completely in flash, on the iPad these just won’t work.
Apple are unlikely to change the iPad to enable flash, as this would give people a cheap way to get games on the touchscreen tablet and endanger their valuable revenues from the App Store.
The iPad will launch in about six weeks, would you consider removing the flash elements of your website to accommodate it’s users?
