Thread: Adobe Flash Player 10: When will the update arrive? Is it coming at all?
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Rushmore is offline Rushmore
2010-09-16 , 16:25
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#1265
Originally Posted by allnameswereout View Post
Yes, Adobe Flash is one of the shittiest products in existence:

1) Constantly security vulnerabilities
2) Which aren't patched quickly.
3) A resource hog; browser crasher
4) Required for something as simple as watching a video online
5) Not programmed with portability in mind; not even 64-bit

Perhaps Nokia should've joined the Apple bandwagon, and simply not support Adobe Flash on their products. Sometimes not providing something half baked is worse than providing something half-baked.

Unfortunately Nokia hasn't adopted the alternative (HTML 5 + OGG Vorbis + OGG Theora) either.

Has anyone tried Lightspark btw?
I disagree in regards to Flash 10.1 mobile. Plays all sites fine with no lag and games play smooth too. As far as being vulnerable, any app that accesses your hardware in any manner can be a risk and exploited in some way.

Do you actually have Flash 10.1? Rocks on Android 2.2 and far better than I expected. If you go by the version on the N900, I would agree with your points on resources and also performance.

Flash 9 on N900 and Flash 10.1 on Incredible or Droid 2 is like night and day. Heck, Flash Lite 4 on the Incredible with 2.1 OS blew Flash 9 on the N900 away.

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BTW, people stating similar media content on html5 is more efficient than Flash 10.1 final are probably people that have html5 as a vested interest to state such. They are both similar in their resource utilization, but Steve Hand Jobs is pushing html5 for less than "honest" reasons.
Last edited by Rushmore; 2010-09-16 at 16:32.