Sticking with Flash

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    Has anyone actually tried Flash on a mobile device?

    http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010…

    It looks like it's nice for games and stuff like that, but loading elements on a typical web page seems like it totally kills the performance. So even if you have Flash it seems like you would want to browse with it turned off, and enable it only as needed.

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    • We had the same issue with regular desktop computers 10 years ago, and look how that changed just a few later. Flash runs fine on desktops.fyoucher1
    • Hardware will get better quickly. More than enough to allow Flash on a mobile device. It may be just a matter of a couple of years or even less.fyoucher1
    • I guess, still it kind of shows Jobs wasn't lying doesn't it? Not to mention this is in 10.1, which didn't even have a release date when they were rolling out the iPhone and iPadukit
    • when they were rolling out the iPhone and iPadukit
    • html5 will get better faster than flash will.kpl
    • html5 is just a buzz worddbloc
    • HTML5 will have the same progress Flash did. Just wait until people start going animation crazy with jquery.fyoucher1
    • Except Flash is 15 years ahead.fyoucher1
    • why use crappy software with better hardware when you can use better software with better hardware?kpl
    • Don't get me wrong. I'm all for HTML5. Just not for abandoning a very useful technology such as Flash.fyoucher1
    • Apple + Google + Microsoft competing against each other > Adobe's rather slow effortskpl
    • 15 years of cruft more like it.kpl
    • Anything Flash9.0 AS2.0 or lower seems to run fine on my Hero and has done since the day I got it.orrinward
    • How the hell am I supposed to distinguish between AS2 and AS3 while browsing?;)ukit
    • HTML5 has it's downsides too. It's a fairly brand new spec. I wouldn't go as far to say it's "great software" just yet.fyoucher1
    • BTW, they should put scroll bars in these note areas or make them as tall as the postfyoucher1
    • 10.1 for Android is still beta. Also the Android version has a click to Flash option built in.munch
    • Sorry, kpl, Flash is better software than an unfinished HTML5 spec.CyBrain
    • html5 is planned to be the standard in 2021. 20FUCKING21!instrmntl
    • technicalities. "html5" is already kicking flash's ass in interpreted code (as3 or js) execution speed.kpl
    • Maybe you need to see this.
      http://www.youtube.c…      CyBrain
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