cloudwalking

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   by cloudwalking 17y ago

   The Android UI XML isn't actually that difficult. Designing layouts is more straightforward than CSS. Use Linear and Relative layouts with margin, padding, gravity, weight, and "dip" units. Throw in some transparent PNGs and things look hal
2. 632.▲
   by cloudwalking 17y ago

   Reduce friction. Make it as easy as possible to do any given task.
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   by cloudwalking 17y ago

   With actual GPU-accelerated H.264 decoding I’m guessing those CPU utilization numbers could drop to a remotely reasonable value. But it’s up to Apple to expose the appropriate hooks to allow Adobe to (eventually) enable that functionality.
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   by cloudwalking 17y ago

   In Flash Player 10.1, H.264 hardware acceleration is not supported under Linux and Mac OS. Linux currently lacks a developed standard API that supports H.264 hardware video decoding, and Mac OS X does not expose access to the required APIs
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   by cloudwalking 17y ago

   I don't think Adobe cares much about people on Linux. There isn't much market there.
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   by cloudwalking 17y ago

   Apple won't let Adobe make a decent Flash plugin for OS X. Apple restricts APIs that the plugin needs to run well--things like access to hardware video acceleration. A lot of people at Adobe use Macs. A lot of people at Adobe work on Flash