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#543224 - 11/05/10 08:08 PM Skyfire
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Interesting after Jobs declared flash no... their servers.

Don't these people listen to Jobs? wink
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#543229 - 11/05/10 08:44 PM Re: Skyfire [Re: SgtBaxter]
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I bought the app. I'm sure it'll come in handy every once in a while.

I doubt it took all that many downloads to swamp their servers. After all, they are transcoding and streaming video.
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#543230 - 11/05/10 08:48 PM Re: Skyfire [Re: zwei]
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Give us a review once you start using it.

It says you click on any web site video and it plays - then it goes on and says you can play the download <-- wtf

Am I reading that right ?
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#543238 - 11/05/10 09:26 PM Re: Skyfire [Re: carp]
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It senses when you are on a website with Flash video content. It then takes that Flash video, converts it to HTML5 video on their servers, and then they stream that video to you.

It's a workaround …not something that is appealing. It gets the job done until websites become HTML5 ready.
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#543248 - 11/05/10 09:49 PM Re: Skyfire [Re: zwei]
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Thanks
Just when the site mentioned download, that killed it for me.
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#543258 - 11/05/10 10:47 PM Re: Skyfire [Re: SgtBaxter]
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Originally Posted By: SgtBaxter
Don't these people listen to Jobs? wink
Yes, that's why it converts to HTML5, which I just learned from Zach.
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#543281 - 11/06/10 12:04 AM Re: Skyfire [Re: Reboot]
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I'd have been a lot more interested if it could import my Safari bookmarks.
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#545781 - 11/30/10 09:35 AM Re: Skyfire [Re: padmavyuha]
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Note: updating SkyFire to v2 will charge you, unprompted.
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#545803 - 11/30/10 06:19 PM Re: Skyfire [Re: padmavyuha]
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Not sure what you did, but I have v2 and I didn't get charged again. Did you redownload it under a different account or something?
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#545927 - 12/01/10 08:33 AM Re: Skyfire [Re: zwei]
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Nope - it came as an update through the App Store on my phone, and then I got an iTunes receipt for my payment a couple of days later. Not that I object in principle to paying the tiny amount of money (using other people's work for free is a privilege, not a right), it's just cheeky not to say "you will be charged" in the update notes.
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