McCann ACD/Flash Enthusiast Sends Message to Steve Jobs
Ivan | Wed, 2010-05-26 13:24
McCann creative Mat Bisher is conducting an "experiment" as he calls it that's a reaction to Apple's lack of Flash support and a message to Steve Jobs all in one. Here's Bisher's explanation:
"I, like many agency creatives, have designed my site using Flash, and as we all know, Apple's iPads and iPhones are not Flash supported thanks to Mr. Jobs.
It dawned on me that there was a great opportunity for messaging in a space that wasn't being used. I have used "Flash Sniffers" in the past on other sites I have designed, but had not put one on my personal site. The way they traditionally function is to detect if the browser has Flash or not, and if not there is usually a simple message asking the user to download Flash. Well, since that is a complete waste of time with iPads and iPhones (since Flash isn't supported and can't be downloaded) I decided to use the untapped digital space to spread a message, and hopefully get others to do the same."
The message can be found at this site which includes the playful image and copy above as well as a link to download a .zip file of the SOS error message.
Via: AgencySpy
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Cute, but what devices run flash?
Android will be, in like 2011..maybe...And by then the iPad will be too(maybe).
But this is a good way to get some attention...
Looking a Mr. Bisher's website, there's absolutely no reason for it to be ENTIRELY in flash. Using Steve Jobs as an excuse because you're incapable of building a functional website is pathetic.
Well, there's likely a reason for that. Showing the most controversial CEO of our times flipping people the bird is hardly a way to show your professional demeanor to the market. I'd contend this is the wrong message to communicate for a professional communicator.
Why? Because it says more about Mat than it does Steve Jobs.
I urge the Flash Developers (of which I am one, yet I do not feel so maligned by Steve Jobs) to show your dissatisfaction with your wallet. Communicate a good argument against Apple's current direction to regular consumers who, frankly, could care less. So your challenge is to make them care. Use your head to fight battles of the heart.
Once consumer sales drop, Apple will pay attention.
Also, one minor footnote. Mat: that hand, even foreshortened via perspective, is incorrect. I'd urge you to check out work by Andrew Loomis to correctly photoshop this image. Loomis understood proportions exceptionally well.
Craig Michael Patrick
http://cmpatrick.com
It's funny because there is absolutely no reason for his website to be built on Flash.
while i agree that it's annoying as *@#*(& that apple and adobe haven't worked out a way for this to happen (maybe flash 10.1, which is supposedly optimized for mobile use will help?), i also agree that 100% flash coded sites are 99% lame.
i would check his site out, but websense filtering blocks it:
Security risk blocked for your protection
Reason:
This Websense category is filtered: Potentially Damaging Content. Sites in this category may pose a security threat to network resources or private information, and are blocked by your organization.
URL:
http://sosapplesos.com/
Wow, that is amazing.
I hope McCann realise how talented and overlooked Bisher is and promote him immediately.
I'm on a pretty snappy high-bandwidth connection but it took me almost 30 seconds to load the content of Mat's "super sweet" Flash site...
Oh well, looks like i'll still be going out and buying an iPad.
Good on you to point that out, took a while for me too. A near exact copy done in HTML and CSS would load almost instantly.
so EMOCORE...
yes I'm brazilian xD
Yes. I'm sure he doesn't allow Flash because he hates you. *eyeroll*
Still doesn't change that most people are not missing Flash. Hell, I can't even think of anyone I know who doesn't have ClickToFlash installed.
i dont get why this bisher guy is getting all this attention. flash is old. his site is ho-hum. hes a whiney punk.
Shouldn't that be Shantanu Narayen giving everyone the finger. After all, the iPhone debuted three years ago. It sang the song, "Flash is not ready." And Adobe has responded by delivering a feature-complete mobile Flash on any device? No, unless you are one of a handful of Nexus One users who can enjoy a Flash Mobile beta for a minutes before it crashes? Steve Jobs is not preventing anyone from seeing Flash on their mobile devices...yet. Adobe has taken care of this all by themselves. Steve Jobs actually did Adobe a favor by calling them out on Flash.
I am an Adobe and Mac user. Personally, I feel this whole affair has been a huge, end-user-welcomed wakeup call for Adobe. In my opinion, they have largely been asleep at the wheel since buying out Macromedia and kneecapping Quark. I play a lot of money every 18-months for evolutionary changes to their product monopoly. As the leading creative software maker, Adobe should be ahead of the frickin' curve when it comes to platforms and products. Instead, they are last to the table and expect to just eat according to their weight (or bloat).
They have had three full years to put a sock in Steve's mouth by delivering a fully capable mobile Flash. All they have managed to do is whine incessantly that they should be allowed into a game when they haven't even practice.
I like this guy!
http://stevefakeballmer.wordpress.com/
I am not Steve Ballmer pretending not to be me!
I like this novel because I don't use Flash for my web pages xD
yes I'm brazilian xD
I miss Flash on my iPhone. I support this.