Flash Free website revolution begin : Virgin America started it first. Who is next?

[Julie]

It is time to drop Flash content from your website. Virgin America start first? who next? If Yahoo drop Flash, then it will be big news.

Quote from Apple insider
"Virgin America has dropped Flash content from its new website in order to allow users with Apple iPhones to check in for flights using their mobile.

In an interview with the Register UK, Virgin's chief technology officer Ravi Simhambhatla said, "I don't want to cater to one hardware or one software platform one way to another, and Flash eliminates iPhone users. This year is going to be the year of the mobile [for Virgin]."

The Register reported that Virgin's new Flash-free website is responsible for bringing in 70% of the company's $100 million in quarterly revenues. The airline's "crown jewels" website replaces a previous version that used Flash and was less than three years old."
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AppleInsider | Virgin America dumps Adobe Flash for iPhone users

[dave1619]

I think sites will move toward html5 more and more.

The only thing is Facebook games use flash most of the time. So, you won't be able to play Farmville and other games on the iPad... unless they make iPad versions, which they might.

[N e o]

I'm glad! Flash is slow, buggy, and incompatible. I don't mind when I go play flash-based games on Kongregate, but if a website tries to load flash in the ads or main content, it pisses me off.