Comment by danilocampos

I actually had the reverse chronology. I discovered how using ClickToFlash gave me significantly better battery life on my MBP, along with faster page loads and zero mysterious pinwheels. ClickToFlash has a better price-performance ratio than upgrading to an SSD – and I love my SSD.

So when I got an iPad, I was especially mystified at why anyone should complain about this garbage being missing.

edit: Useful links.

Go grab ClickToFlash (Safari, OS X):

http://clicktoflash.com/

Or the Safari extension for Mac or Windows:

http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoflash/

Or the Firefox equivalent:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/