The folks over at Opera had quite a tough time getting Opera Mini approved for Apple’s iOS, but they finally managed to get approval. With that in mind, we’re interested to see if SkyFire will encounter similar resistance, not to mention that SkyFire will indirectly support a good amount of the Flash video that’s available on the web. It’s worth noting that SkyFire doesn’t actually play Flash content on iOS, rather it uses a proxy to remotely convert Flash video into something that iOS supports, embedding said video content back for playback at the user’s request. That being said, this method means that while Flash video can be viewed, but Flash content such as games will not work. Apparently SkyFire are pretty confident that the browser will be approved quickly as it was developed with significant oversight and feedback from Apple, claiming to adhere to every guideline put forth by Apple regarding HTML5 video playback for iOS. Will the possibility of another browser for iOS be an interesting idea to you?
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