Comments on: iPhone advert misleads users – apparently…

By: suzanne

suzanne — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:07:34 +0000

i am possibly going to get one when my upgrade is due, but will be taking all of this into consideration

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:31:53 +0000

I have an iphone – its good, not great, not life changing but its good.
If a site is only accesible in flash or via javascript does that not make it inaccessible and against the law? And as such should the focus not be moved from the fact that websites dont display on a phone/gadget/mp3 thing to the fact that the websites are not ‘fit for purpose’.

By: Marketing Guy

Marketing Guy — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:28:17 +0000

My thoughts exactly Laura!

By: Laurah

Laurah — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:38:42 +0000

I don’t have an iphone YET but I do have a brain and its a real shame these technical point rulings with no value to the consumer are being made in comparison to the overwhelming amount of real scamming taking place. Perhaps the ruling bodies should look at what is really important in the best interest of consumers who are blatantly being ripped off every minute of the day. Apple Mac are a great company I have purchased their products, their service and integrity regarding the customer is possible the best available, its really disgusting that this ruling was upheld.

By: Marketing Guy

Marketing Guy — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:25:04 +0000

This is a UK blog, discussing a UK based advertising campaign, written by a UK resident. How much hurricane watching do you think I do? Most we can expect here is a light breeze, but I’m fairly certain that if the UK were to be hammered by hurricanes, the lack of Flash support on my iPhone wouldn’t be top of my list of concerns. I doubt many New Orleans residents are currently cursing Steve Jobs because they couldn’t get nice, cute, animated little weather reports on their mobiles as they evacuated their homes. Let’s not get carried away here. There are many text alternatives if you search for critical information and any decent site I’ve visited that used Flash or Java as a core navigation or information element usually has a mobile friendly version also available.

Oh andI think I’ve been in this business long enough to determine the difference between an empty page and one simply not loading page elements tyvm!

By: Baddog

Baddog — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:04:24 +0000

Marketing Guy, You evidently don’t look at weather radar loops like those used by millions of users trying to see where all these hurricans are heading, or visit very many website on your iPhone because most either use java or they used Flash. You probably just think all those screwy looking sites are “under construction”. Apple made the iPhone 2 sound like a finished product in their ads when in fact it is still just a beta prototype with many many incomplete abilities.

By: Marketing Guy

Marketing Guy — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:16:42 +0000

Hehe well that’s a designers point of view that I’m afraid might not be shared with the silent majority. Flash is a killer for websites – most SEOs spend their time fixing poorly designed Flash sites because they are absolutely no use when it comes to organic search. Flash tends to be limited to anitmated graphics, games and other viral or promotional type content, which is what it should be limited to = peripherial fluff. Even then, a lot of cases the designers tend to go nuts with Flash to the detriment of other page concepts and issues. IMO Flash is more of a form > function killer than any mobile device.

I don’t know about Java, but I would hazard a guess and say that quite a significant percentage of Flash content is uncessary (or could be better communicated using text / CSS formatting ) and no more than a cosmetic effect on the individual page.

By: Rich Allen

Rich Allen — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:52:34 +0000

Almost every website made in the last 10 years has java, and the most interesting use Flash. To over look these technologies seem like a deal killer to me. When did form become more important than function. I have no problem viewing pages with these technologies on my HTC Windows Mobile phone.