I posted a comment to the blog this morning, suggesting that many users don't want Flash because of its poor performance on non-Windows platforms, and mediocre

I posted a comment to the blog this morning, suggesting that many users don't want Flash because of its poor performance on non-Windows platforms, and mediocre performance on Windows. Unsurprisingly, the comment wasn't approved. Still, I stand by what I said: show us a Mac Flash plugin that doesn't use ridiculous amounts of CPU, that doesn't drain my laptop's battery or peg a core at 100% just to show a few ads on the page. Show me something that doesn't require browser vendors to work around just to prevent browser crashes, and then maybe, MAYBE, I'll consider Flash on the iPad a good idea. How Adobe can continue to do such a half-assed job with the Flash player on Mac and Linux, and then act all surprised and indignant when Apple shuts them down, I'll never understand. Oh, and as for their native app generation – they can compile Flash apps to native code that doesn't run well except on the iPhone 3GS. If they can't make native iPhone apps that are fast enough to use, what makes anyone think they can make a flash plugin that is?