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Comment · 16 years ago
Comment · 16 years ago
"slower" means "choppy" and is not interchangeable with "use more resources" as you suggests. I have never seen any flash content that runs choppy on my 2 GHz Macbook. Post an example and back up your claim.
Comment · 16 years ago
IMHO, Adobe should definitely act more responsible and finetune Flash Player to perform better across all platforms.
But i disagree with John Gruber.
#1) Flash is not "slower" on Mac . It uses up too much resources compared to its Windows edition. I switch between Windows(work) and Mac (personal) all the time and i have never seen anything Flash playing "slower" on mac.Flash makes use of GPU access (if required) not just for video playback. I assume Adobe's excuse for resource hungriness is , 'too much time marketing'?
#2) As http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/recommendations.html suggests, without a card you are going to experience crappy playback for HD video on Quicktime,Flash plugin and everything.
#3)John is comparing native desktop video playback tools to a plugin that lives inside a browser.
Lastly.. read staunch's comment.
Why doesnt John have comments enabled in his blog?
Comment · 17 years ago
Quoting him & disagreeing with him calling iPad platform an "incredible opportunity" - gets me downmodded.
I laughed a little.
Comment · 17 years ago
Except nothing moms consider cool work on this thing..
Comment · 17 years ago
iPad, as a device is a new opportunity for developers. But not an incredible one. Open up the platform, and we can consider it incredible.
He calls the demand for open-computing and removal of restrictions a "nonsense" .
Comment · 17 years ago
No camera. No mutitasking. No choice of browsers. No plugin support in browser. Runs only what apple wants.
Definitely not worth carrying a 10 inch display for a crippled web experience.
If your kid want to be a hacker and learn things, he is definitely going to be in big trouble with locked down devices like iPad and companies like Apple .