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I see your point, however, I don't see a compared alternative. If you had compared it to a canvas-driven animated banner or a HTML5+JS driven video player perha
by tomlin 17y ago
I see your point, however, I don't see a compared alternative. If you had compared it to a canvas-driven animated banner or a HTML5+JS driven video player perhaps? Still 1%?
Doubtful.
- ynniv 17y agoI doubt that anyone would seriously employ a canvas based video player with the advent of the HTML5 video tag. However, your implication that JS can also chew up CPU is valid. I have no defense except to say that the browser vendors have fine grained control over JS, while Flash is an opaque box. For instance, the browser could restrict setTimeout to a lower framerate, which has a different (better) effect than simply limiting the CPU.
- tomlin 17y agoIt's incredibly trendy to beat up on Flash. How come whenever the conversation of Flash vs. JS+HTML5 comes up and we've all circulated our points of view, a sudden "dream world" emerges to save the argument? I tire of defending the present-day reality vs. the someday utopia that Flash-bashers seem to hold so dear. HTML5+JS is great, I love it. But no one who pays for content cares. We wouldn't even be discussing this if the opposite were true.