Apple has been synonymous with the design community since its inception. For over 2 decades Apple has released technology that make sense to designers. Even during the lowest of marketshare, it was the design community that kept on buying Macs. The trend did not stop with the iPhone. As someone in the “design” field I can say that almost every one of my designer colleagues have iPhones or at least want one. This is by no means an official study but you would be hard-pressed to find a designer who doesn’t want basically everything Apple puts out.But as much as designers may like the iPhone, I can’t say that the feeling is completely mutual. the reason is simple: there is still no flash capable Safari browser on the iPhone.
Regardless of reasons for why there is still no Flash support there is no confusion to how designers are affected. Take the simple fact of designer portfolios. I would bet that over 75% of graphic designer portfolios, both offline and online, are created in Flash. Personally, I fall in the minority but that is based on the fact that Flash-based sites are not as friendly to search engine optimization (i digress).
The lack of Flash support in the iPhone’s Safari browser means that anyone trying to view a designer’s portfolio is probably met with a blank page. Not too favorable to designers looking for a job or to sell their services to willing clients.
Besides portfolios, the bottom line is some of the most design inspiring sites online are flash-based. This fact affects all web-users in general.
We heard Google say how many web searches came from the iPhone since its launch last June. These are searches that pull up Flash-based sites in their results but when clicked on, offer no content to the phone.
Apple may be the computer of choice for designers but as far as the mobile experience, they aren’t showing the love quite yet.
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