There are many things to criticize about Flash and ActionScript. However, your blanket statement about Flash being a CPU hog on *any* platform is patently wrong. I'm running Windows 7. In IE 8 with Flash 8 while watching YouTube video CPU usage peaks at about 2%. Most of the time, Flash (plus IE 8) cruise along under 1%. I've used Flash to create numerous art installations involving video manipulation and they actually work pretty well. CPU power is rarely a problem.
I think like most of the posters that Job's is off the mark on his criticism of Flash as closed source (pot/kettle etc.) but you bolster his position by making exaggerated claims.
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There are many things to criticize about Flash and ActionScript. However, your blanket statement about Flash being a CPU hog on *any* platform is patently wrong. I'm running Windows 7. In IE 8 with Flash 8 while watching YouTube video CPU usage peaks at about 2%. Most of the time, Flash (plus IE 8) cruise along under 1%. I've used Flash to create numerous art installations involving video manipulation and they actually work pretty well. CPU power is rarely a problem. I think like most of the posters that Job's is off the mark on his criticism of Flash as closed source (pot/kettle etc.) but you bolster his position by making exaggerated claims.