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Flash On Android Is 'Shockingly Bad'
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.'"
But 2010 is the year of the Linux deskt^H^H^H^H^H phone!
I also don't have the choice of running an insecure version of SSH or Apache on my phone, "because I feel like it" or because I should have the option available to me.
If I was looking at cars, and Ford had an option that would slow my car down, and impede it's ability to take corners, I'd rather Ford not give me that option.
Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
Let's see, of my machines, flash sucks on:
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My AMD Athlon 3.2 Ghz processor in my desktop
My old piece of crap Pentium driven Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop
My AMD Athlon 3.0 GHz media box attached to my computer
My roomate's AMD Celeron laptop
My parent's Intel Core 2 Duo driven Windows XP machine
My best friends Indel Core 2 Duo driven HP laptop
Am I missing any? Nah I don't think so. Granted I am running older hardware, but at least a couple of those setups should outperform a smartphone and, in the realm of Flash, they don't. I have to say Flash applications, movies, and games are the single most pain in the ass thing that I stumble across on the internet anymore. Do I still use them? Sure, most folks do. Do I yearn for the day when something less crappy that doesn't make my screen flash like a schizophrenic display unit gets set as a standard? You're damn right I do. Until then, I'll just keep taking more of the same...
Motorcycles, Robots, Space Gossip and More!
In your mind it's 0% desirable and therefor shouldn't be an option. Glad you speak for everyone.
google and apple.
Apple wants a good user experience and to differentiate themselves from competitors. Flash doesn't allow either.
Google wants to sell advertising. Flash ads are more expensive.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.