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This hardly seems like a conclusive test to me, it's the beginning. Testing performance across various devices and different versions of Android (although based
by DigitalSea 13y ago
This hardly seems like a conclusive test to me, it's the beginning. Testing performance across various devices and different versions of Android (although based on these current tests probably extremely difficult) ia the only true way to reach a definitive conclusion on HTML5 vs Flash battery drain.
Having said that, based on experience with various Flash-capable devices over the years I've noticed in Chrome especially Flash performance is horrible. I think Flash is severely broken in Chrome as even on my Core i7 laptop which is no slouch, it seems to manage sometimes 50% + CPU usage in Chrome and cause the CPU fan to really start spinning up to cool it down. It's no secret that Flash compared to HTML5 looks like an aging hatchback, but HTML5 video is nowhere near the scale of Flash just yet (in terms of market penetration or feature-set), at least not yet.
- asperous 13y agoMake sure you have only one flash enabled in your plugin settings, if you have two different flash plugins running they will fight to be the chosen one and most likely lag and crash your browser.