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Adobe says Flash performance on Mac to rival Windows in Flash 10.1
I almost (not quite, but almost) feel bad for Adobe right now. Apple has been unceremoniously dumping on Flash in a big way since the iPad announcement, and all Adobe can do is claim they don't ship known-buggy Flash releases and announce how much better Flash will perform on Macs when Flash 10.1 is released. Flash still has critical mass adoption among traditional computing devices (desktops and laptops), and almost all mobile platforms other than Apple's have either stated they will use Flash or are working towards it.
And yet, the size of Apple's iPhone and iPod touch (and soon iPad) markets just can't be ignored, and neither can the swelling anti-Flash sentiment coming from the very influential tech elite.
Is better performance on the Mac going to fix what ails the Adobe / Apple relationship? Don't bet on it. But since Flash isn't going away for a long time, the improvement will be nice to have for Mac users.
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Subscribe to commentsNickFeb 8th 2010 2:36PM
Not enough.
sonic the plumberFeb 8th 2010 2:41PM
Let's hope something is sorted, because all users are being stiffed with this petty Apple/Adobe nonsense. Flash is an absolute joke on my iMac G5 and what is still a very capable computer feels like an archaic device when using something like YouTube.
IvanP91Feb 8th 2010 2:52PM
Mac users do not like flash no matter what Adobe does now. Big brother Steve J said he didnt like Flash so every extreme Apple fanboy now automatically hates Flash.
If Big brother Steve praises Flash for no reason, every extreme apple fanboy will praise flash as well.
Adobe can do anything they like to improve flash, people hate it because they were told to hate it.
(Please note i said EXTREME apple fanboy because not every apple/mac user is a fanboy and is logically able to criticize and think about what they use)
wrs589Feb 8th 2010 3:11PM
It's not like the performance of Flash on Windows is too great.
MollyFeb 8th 2010 3:14PM
Flash is an abomination ... who cares?
Apple says, Flash is not good enough for our devices ... who cares (we all know this is about the fact that Apple cannot control the content and doesn't earn a penny from flash video streams).
As long Apple finds enough eejits buying their arguments (and their gadgets) all is well ... again, who cares?
sodapopFeb 8th 2010 3:32PM
Apple doesn't make money from YouTube video or Google Maps and they found a way to make it work... I think your accusation of monetary motivation is too narrow.
master811Feb 8th 2010 5:32PM
Yes, but Flash isn't required for Google Maps or Youtube on Safari, plus there is very little (or compared to lot of other places) of pirate content! So there's no loss of revenue by offering Youtube up anyway.
PonTelonFeb 8th 2010 6:27PM
Or the fact that the iPhone has built in ways to save WebApps on the home screen. You are right, it must be because they want to control your content. Only obvious reason!
sodapopFeb 8th 2010 3:30PM
Better performance is crucial and key! My Macbook Pro heats up like an oven range when playing Flash games on FB - and they aren't even action games. I literally plug in a USB fan and direct it at the casing to help cool it down. This kind of heat would melt an iPhone like an M&M candy.
"so every extreme Apple fanboy now automatically hates Flash."
That's ridiculous, extreme, and overzealous Hating Apple Fanboys fanboyism. People who used Flash on a Mac on a regular basis know how taxing it is and how it got worse when Adobe went from being Apple-centric to Windows-centric. Even my parents - who are in their 70s - complain about Flash performance and ask me if their computer is broken. They are not Apple fanboys at all. They just like stuff that works.
Ntw1103Feb 8th 2010 3:55PM
/care
Silverlight ftw!
EvenioFeb 8th 2010 4:40PM
"Adobe says Flash performance on Mac to rival Windows in Flash 10.1"
Ha! Bullshit. This is Adobe we're talking about.
AnthonyFeb 8th 2010 7:26PM
"...all Adobe can do is claim they don't ship known-buggy Flash releases..."
And yet, they release have released several versions of Flash 10 that have a memory leak that has yet to be fixed. On three different browsers (Firefox 3.5/3.6, Opera 10, and Safari 4) on three different operating systems (Windows 7, Snow Leopard, and Leopard) each on three different computers (a Core Duo Mac Book Pro, a Pentium 4 HT Gateway, and a Core 2 Duo Sony Vaio), I have played several different Flash games. Flash starts to eat up memory like it's going out of style and the fans rev up to their maximum speed each and every time. I can hardly feel bad for Adobe for that.
lobotomies4freeFeb 8th 2010 6:51PM
so it's going to have hardware acceleration on mac? Yeah I didn't think so
JamesFeb 9th 2010 9:55AM
Why can't it? They don't make Macs without decent video cards nowadays, and the Windows hardware acceleration in Flash 10.1 is nothing to sneeze at -- fullscreen 1080p-scaled Hulu used to peg both cores on my computer, and now it's more like 20-30% (with the remained offloaded to my GPU, which is more than up to the task). There's no reason they can't do that on a Mac as well...
lobotomies4freeFeb 9th 2010 12:16PM
Well for one the release candidates don't support it on my new MacBook pro despite having the check box in the options. Adobe even admits this in their release notes
cookiesFeb 8th 2010 7:38PM
Two reasons I dislike Flash: 1, Actionscript 3 gets on my nerves. And 2, It turns any netbook or apple notebook into a portable grill.
I doubt Adobe are about to fix either of those any time soon.
UsoFeb 9th 2010 12:51AM
What performance issues are people talking about? Youtube videos stream as neat on my Mac as well as my PC. All the flash games do the same.
Apple just wants to maintain their development monopoly on the iphone/ipad and flash would be a way to go around them so they use performance and security of flash as an excuse. As if apple products don't have security or performance issues. All products do.
KrazyCalvinFeb 9th 2010 10:51AM
Whoever says they dont like flash should uninstall it and go back to Quicktime...
MollyFeb 9th 2010 11:03AM
Of course, it's also about Apple getting back at Adobe.
After all, it was Adobe, forcing Apple into selling overpriced Intel boxes by ditching Photoshop support for what Apple had the cheekiness to sell as 'PowerPCs' :)