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Flash On Android Is 'Shockingly Bad'

Posted by timothy on from the not-so-flash dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "Ryan Lawler writes on GigaOm that although many have touted the availability of Flash on Android devices as a competitive advantage over Apple's mobile devices, while trying to watch videos from ABC.com, Fox.com and Metacafe using Flash 10.1 on a Nexus One over a local Wi-Fi network connected to a 25-Mbps Verizon FiOS broadband connection, mobile expert Kevin Tofel found that videos were slow to load, if they loaded at all, leading to an overall very inconsistent experience while using his Android device for video. 'While in theory Flash video might be a competitive advantage for Android users, in practice it's difficult to imagine anyone actually trying to watch non-optimized web video on an Android handset,' writes Lawler. 'All of which makes one believe that maybe Steve Jobs was right to eschew Flash in lieu of HTML5 on the iPhone and iPad.'"

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  1. Flash On Windows and Linux Is Shockingly Bad by iYk6 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Flash On Android Is 'Shockingly Bad'

    Yeah. It's Flash. We're used to it by now.

    mobile expert Kevin Tofel found that videos were slow to load, if they loaded at all, leading to an overall very inconsistent experience while using [flash] for video.

    Yep. I get that too on my desktop computer.

  2. At least the option is there... by MoldySpore · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...as opposed to Apple's devices that take it out of your hands completely by not giving you the option to view flash.

    Also since flash on smart phones is relatively new, especially to the android platform, it is bound to get better with time and more powerful hardware.

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  3. Re:Meh by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I've been running Flash on the Desktop for nearly a decade.

    If Adobe can't get their shit together in Windows and OSX on the desktop, I have absolutely no faith they'll get it right for mobile.

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  4. Re:Breaking news! by WoLpH · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Flash is shockingly bad, who'd have known.

  5. Re:Really? by Tamran · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Interesting.

    I loaded that in my iPad.
    Rather than seeing the blue no-Flash cube on that site, I saw a man stretching his anus open to remarkable proportions. It must be that update to iOS 3.1.3 I did the other day.

    HAHAHA, nice way to roll with it. :)

    I LOL'ed at your response.