Hey everyone,

Ever since Steve Jobs published an open letter on apple’s home page regarding the lack of Flash on the iPhone and iPad, both companies, Adobe, and Apple, have been exchanging blows ever since.  Steve Jobs’s letter had several well put points on the lack of Flash – for example, Adobe’s Flash Player, although it is used in over seventy percent of all the websites on the internet, including this one, it’s also unreliable.  I’m not establishing my opinion or basis as a Macintosh/Apple user or a PC user, (although I am more of a Macbook Pro person), but I really dislike the combination of Safari (Apple’s official web browser) combined with Flash.  My browsers have crashed almost five times a day due to a Flash plug in issue.  The issue is usually when I load up a web page, then one or more of the Flash advertisements begin loading, but then the plug in fails, and proceeds to clog up the entire website, forcing the browser to force quit.  I’ve sent reports to Apple for quite a while, but the issue hasn’t been addressed yet in any way.  I’ve also googled this issue, and it’s almost evident Flash has a problem with internet browsers on both Macs and PCs.

Adobe retaliated to the open letter by saying how it was Apple being irresponsible and not cleaning up their web browsers/computers before they could point out who was the culprit for constant web browser crashes.  Adobe also boasted that their new Flash Player would work on some of Google’s upcoming projects, the “iPad Killer.”  I respect both of these companies very much, Adobe has crafted some of the best applications to date, such as Flash CS3, and there’s no denying the technical genius it takes to make Photoshop.  Apple has cranked out some of the most user-friendly and reliable computers and has added a sense of style with their computers.  However, I think the fiasco has escalated to the extent where it’s just impossible to mend these problems – both companies are in a terrible relationship.  Any thoughts on how it might play out in the future?