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Adobe CTO on MacBook Air, HTML5: Flash Battery Problems a "False Argument"
- brk 16y agoWhy do we never see any comments from Adobe on why the OS X Flash Player sucks such major ass? And really, the CTO of Adobe is using online ads as part of his example? Who gives a shit about Flash ads? That's one of the most annoying uses of Flash ever, and has given rise to dozens of Flash-block style browser plugins. I also rarely see concrete examples of highly valuable Flash apps (and there are some out there). Instead it's always this vague allusion to scores of web content, and the idea that Apple users are left weeping in the corner because they can't see a Flash ad from pizza hut, or shoot a zombie in an online game. While I have no inside info, at this point I'd wager a pretty significant sum that all the whining in the world from Adobe isn't going to change Apple's course on this. How about Adobe steps up and publicly agrees to either: A) Announce that a Flash player that doesn't eat batteries like Oprah eats bon-bons will be available for OS X in the next 2 months or B) Provide definitive proof that some mistake Apple made with OS X prevents Adobe from releasing a well behaved Flash player. In the mean time, I don't miss Flash on my iPhone, my iPad or my MBP. I've never once said "shit, I need to view this site on my HTC Incredible or my PC so I can bask in all the glorious Flash content".