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An Adobe Flash developer, a Morgan Adams, has given a new argument for Flash support on touchscreen devices. Simply put, it has everything to do with the way a mouse cursor interacts with Flash embedded objects on a webpage. The hovering and mouseover abilities of the cursor usually have a bit of stock in the way you manipulate games and Flash videos, but I feel that this is quite an exaggeration. While his argument is valid, I feel that this is no way a proper justification.

I really do feel that this man is wrong about Flash not being able to function properly on touchscreen devices because of the lack of hovering and clicking on a touchscreen device. I say he is wrong because I actually watch Flash animated videos on Newgrounds.com and play Flash-based games on Armorgames.com and Kongregate.com. Rarely do I find a game I absolutely cannot play or at least cannot enjoy. Let alone actually beat the game! I played Sonny 2 entirely on my phone.

Web marketing people might be the only people that will feel the pinch as their annoying as hell banner ads that grow in size upon hovering will suffer from views. Even with the ads, websites feel complete and full. I don’t feel I’m missing anything upon viewing websites. Having plug-in support brings me to my next point; being able to go to other sites that aren’t YouTube. Pretty much all popular mobile OSes have an app to view YouTube videos, but what about the dozens of other websites like Collegehumor and Cracked that rely on Flash embedded videos for content?

I imagine most people would agree with this guy about Flash on touchscreen devices, but I would imagine they haven’t actually tried using Flash on smartphones and tablets. His statement is an exaggeration and even though I am not an Adobe Flash developer, I have made silly cartoons using Flash before. This makes me feel more than qualified to call it an exaggeration as I’m in a much higher percentile than the people that merely watch those silly Flash videos.