'Skyfire Web Browser' Now Available in App Store

[Don Kosak]

Lack of native iPad support is dealbreaker for me.

That would break it for me too. I'm curious, does it really not use the 1024x768 iPad Screen? It would be a shame if it only ran in 1x or 2x (blocky) mode.

 

[newagemac]

Did not work on NFL.com which is pretty much the only flash video site left that matters to me so not impressed at all.

 

[dlewis23]

Gotta have to give this one a try. It looks kinda neat.

 

[mds]

It is probably safe to say they will have an ipad version in the future.

 

[ItsGavinC]

There can never be TOO many games for the iPhone. And, since this thing doesn't convert flash games, me no likey.

And how, exactly, would you play 99% of those flash games given that they are made for a touch UI? They'd be impossible to control and completely useless.

 

[OneMike]

it works but not to the extent I'd consider it worth the purchase.

 

[roland.g]

Don't need this. Download it anyway for when I need to see flash on my phone and can't wait to get to a desktop. Oh wait, you have to pay for it. $3. For get it.

 

[Geckotek]

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1042843/

 

[iWonderwhy]

Flash games are for kids.

 

[spazzcat]

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no Hulu, then basically worthless for the majority of people that wanted this...

There is a hulu app

 

[MacGiver]

Not available in EU countries store!
No Hulu app as well...

 

[st1ngo]

Downloaded and tried it
Looks dated
Is this really the best we have if we want to watch flash ?
No way is it worth £1.79
waste of money
Im asking for refund

 

[tripjammer]

Lack of native iPad support is dealbreaker for me.

Why come developers can not make universal apps? Why are they being so greedy?

 

[Carlanga]

I don't really have a need for this App. But as far as Hulu is concerned - not sure about others - but I got the hulu plus account and have enjoyed playing tons of content on my iPhone and iPad and wouldn't rely on a 3rd party for this anyway

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yeah sure, but you are paying $10 a month for it... I don't care for the premium stuff I just want to see the same free shows I see on my mac w/out extra monthly payments... unless there is something I don't know the app only works w/ people that have the subscription so I can't even watch the free shows that have commercials...

 

[i3igsmooth5769]

great...i'll have to check this out

 

[samcraig]

Why come developers can not make universal apps? Why are they being so greedy?

you don't know that they're going to release an iPad version only vs universal. They might. Who knows. Perhaps they wanted to test the waters/approval process without spending more time and labor on a universal app

 

[BurntReality]

I tried 3 seperate sites with it and none of the videos worked. It popped up the play option but then errored out.

 

[The General]

It's not even close to how Skyfire works on other cell phones. Websites are rendered with webkit just like Safari. All it does is look for flvs and play them.

It is probably safe to say they will have an ipad version in the future.

Don't get your hopes up. It just came out today and doesn't have retina graphics.

 

[ksmith173]

I have tried playing videos from the sites on my.skyfire.com. No luck. I am guessing their servers are overloaded.... Anyone have any luck with playing videos?

 

[firewood]

Why come developers can not make universal apps? Why are they being so greedy?

Have you ever tried to hire a iOS developer and a graphic designer to do a conversion of an app from iPhone only to Universal? It's very unlikely you can get a top notch job done for free.

That's not even counting the extra server load from iPads that you would have to pay for. Server hosting for this kind of load is also not free.

 

[ImNoSuperMan]

Lack of native iPad support is dealbreaker for me.

Same here. Not gonna get it unless they make an iPad or universal version. Impressions so far havent been great about the iPhone version either. Dont really miss flash on iPhone and iPad but would've got it just to make sure no one can say my iPad cant run flash crap

 

[stackshady]

My first look of the browser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5vnx1Eshmo

Not too impressed so far, but I can see how it might be good for certain things.

Redtube works

 

[KPEN7]

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Can someone go to atdhe.net and see if any of those links work? Especially the live sports ones?

 

[firewood]

no Hulu, then basically worthless for the majority of people that wanted this...

If you want unblocked Hulu on your iPhone, then serve it up from your own PC. Use RDP or VNC and one of the better remote desktop viewers for the iPhone. Then run Flash on your PC/Mac and view it on your iPhone.

Isn't that pretty much what Skyfire is doing, except on their servers, and with hopefully better compression?

 

[Mattsasa]

I just tried this out on a few sites, and I was very very unimpressed!
you have to leave the page to watch the video, then it takes 20 seconds to load, then it plays absolutely horibly