I'm using my iPad and not seeing the ad, although I know there are lots of annoying differences using it (didn't even know apple boycotted flash until I couldn't see lots of stuff!)
Maybe try deleting your history?

Hmm, I also have no problems posting here with my ipad. Are you waiting for the page to fully load? I haven't noticed it here so much, but I know I've run into other sites that are very sneaky so that if you click to enter text before the page fully loads, you're really clicking an ad that will appear above the text area when the page load is completed.

I don't have a problem with my IPad either. When all else fails, I reset and it usually solves the problem. Hold down the power on top and the start on front (whatever you call the dimple on the front) until it turns off then turn back on as normal

The Adobe flash situation keeps the IPad from being perfect. I hope they comet an agreement soon..

Yes, I'm waiting for the page to load completely. It actually shows up in the screen at the start of the page load and doesn't go away after it's loaded. It stopped soon after my op, then it's been off and on.

The Apple/Flash issue is bothersome, but I'm so glad to be able to sit curled up in my chair with DH and be online with the iPad that I overlook that quirk. A resolution would be nice though!

>I hope they comet an agreement soon..

I think it's pretty obvious where that's heading when adobe starts coming out with developer tools to let developers convert flash based content to HTML 5 instead.

One thing, for many commercial sites with flash content (like big box stores or news sites) there's often an app you can download to use instead that gives you access to the same content. I don't care for this trend, since I'd rather access the whole internet via a browser, but this seems to be the way things are going with portable devices.

I hate flash and I think it's used stupidly for no reason on about 85% of the sites that use it, but I agree it's vexing not to have it on iOS.

breezy, if you see a thumbnail for that page, then it's cached and you'll keep seeing it. Try emptying the cache/history (in settings>safari) and see if that helps.

Thanks Writersblock. I'll remember to do that now that I know how. I never really thought about it, but Flash is overused.

Next time, Android!