Virgin America Dumps Flash

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://mashable.com/2010/03/03/virgin-america-ditches-flash/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Mashable+(Mashable)' target='_blank'>http://mashable.com/2010/03/03/virg...able+(Mashable)</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"As the battle between HTML5 and Adobe Flash continues to heat up, Virgin America has chosen a side: its brand new web site design ditches Flash in favor of HTML."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1267662019.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>I read in a story not long ago that the iPhone might be a driving force in this, and now it appears that is coming to pass. Virgin wants to make their site as compatible as possible with the mobile user, specifically the iPhone, so customers can access their site as well as do mobile check-ins. How many other companies are going to make this switch? What are your thoughts?</p>

[doogald]

I read a story yesterday somewhere that many sites which do use Flash on their sites also have non-Flash sites specifically for iPhones. If they detect that you are using an iPhone, they direct Mobile Safari to that version, which is otherwise full-featured. Mobile devices which do not run flash are getting so much more common that I suspect that nearly any successful consumer-oriented business will follow.