Flash and Mac do I need to worry?

cd34 · 2011-06-25, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ecchi

Actually, given the popularity of Flash, I'd say that unless Apple do a fast U turn on this, the result will be that that Macs are slowly dying.

I removed Flash months ago - it only exists in Chrome for me. My CPU fan on the macbook rarely comes on anymore, battery life substantially improved. When Chrome has problems, 99% of the time it is from Flash crashing. Flash on Android phones does nothing but burn battery. Flash can't die quick enough. I can typically get 30 hours out of a charge on my phone - even surfing sites. If I surf Flash heavy sites, I'm lucky to get 15 hours. Except for one app I'm beta testing, the only app to crash on my phone has been the browser - while viewing a site with Flash.

HTML5 solves almost every problem that Flash addressed - except for the unnecessary glitz that it provided with page transitions, animated buttons, etc.

The only valid thing flash did was handle video - and HTML5 fixes that. Flash also doesn't deal with openGL and video card acceleration - HTML5 does.

Adobe needs to fix a lot of things for Flash to remain relevant. I believe your prediction should be that Flash is slowly dying.

bDok · 2011-06-26, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cd34

I removed Flash months ago - it only exists in Chrome for me. My CPU fan on the macbook rarely comes on anymore, battery life substantially improved. When Chrome has problems, 99% of the time it is from Flash crashing. Flash on Android phones does nothing but burn battery. Flash can't die quick enough. I can typically get 30 hours out of a charge on my phone - even surfing sites. If I surf Flash heavy sites, I'm lucky to get 15 hours. Except for one app I'm beta testing, the only app to crash on my phone has been the browser - while viewing a site with Flash.

HTML5 solves almost every problem that Flash addressed - except for the unnecessary glitz that it provided with page transitions, animated buttons, etc.

The only valid thing flash did was handle video - and HTML5 fixes that. Flash also doesn't deal with openGL and video card acceleration - HTML5 does.

Adobe needs to fix a lot of things for Flash to remain relevant. I believe your prediction should be that Flash is slowly dying.

You said it way better than I could have.