Flash, King of the Impossible

Adobe’s Flash, a multimedia plug-in for browsers, has become the flash point—sorry—for the future of video and interactivity on the Web. Apple doesn’t include a version of Flash in the Mobile Safari browser that’s part of the iPhone OS, and doesn’t allow third-party plug-ins for that browser.

Of course, no other handheld operating system platform offers Flash, either, but leave it to Adobe to whip up foment against Apple as a way of getting users to complain to the iPhone maker.