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Really? I always thought that Flash was quite performant compared to browser-based Javascript. Can you point to any benchmarks?

• MartinCron 17y ago
  Flash performance varies widely. Flash on Mac OSX is generally regarded as terrible, while Flash on Windows isn't as bad.
  • earl 17y ago
    If by generally regarded, you mean literally blows chunks... ffs, VLC is open source and it performs better on my macbook pro. Adobe is too incompetent even to copy freely available code.
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    • andybak 17y ago
      Adobe can't fix Flash (the plugin) on OSX by copying code from VLC. As far as I understand it, the problem is the rendering pipeline provided by the OS and browser.
    • camwest 17y ago
      Clearly video and PDF display are two different animals. Saying that performance blows on video and then using VLC as a comparison for JavaScript vs ActionScript performance is completely besides the point.
    • MartinCron 17y ago
      Yeah, sure, "blows chunks" is a perfectly fair assessment. I was just trying to be somewhat diplomatic. I work with a hardcore Mac zealot and it's a running joke in the office that he will complain about Flash performance every single day.