![]() You will see the search results page which will show you the app. Look for Puffin Browser in the search bar or download the apk of the browser online. Open up Bluestacks and search for the Puffin browser after pressing the ‘my apps’ button. For those who really need to view Flash sites on mobile devices, Puffin is a capable browser at a bargain price. After the emulator has been installed, we need to launch and run it on our PC to set it up. Still, the app is much less expensive than Skyfire $0.99 gets you Puffin on both iPhone and iPad, while you'd need to spend $7.98 to get Skyfire on both devices. The "drag" mode, which brings up a hand icon to facilitate dragging frames or scroll bars on websites, was also non functional for me. The Puffin folks say that it will be supported in a future version of the browser. This was irritating when I was trying to paste in a password and couldn't. One issue I did have with the app is that at the present time, cut and paste isn't supported. In comparison to watching it on my iMac in Safari with the Flash Player, the video was a bit choppy, and the audio occasionally got out of sync. Popping over to Puffin, I was immediately able to watch an episode. When I loaded the site in Safari and went to one of the episodes, all I got was R2-D2 telling me I needed to load the latest Adobe Flash Player (below). ![]() One of our resident sci-fi experts, Dave Caolo, recommended trying to watch the Flash video episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars available on. As you can also see in the image below, Puffin provides tabbed browsing on the iPad. Rendering was fast over Wi-Fi, so moving from page to page was quick and pain-free. Opening the same site in Puffin, I was immediately able to view all parts of the site, including the ultra-cheesy Flash-animated "Bob the Plumbing Expert" (below). By subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. ![]()
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