Comments on: Adobe Flash Player, a bad internet citizen. http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/2008/06/02/adobe-flash-player-a-bad-internet-citizen/ JamieG looks deep into the ramifications of current trends in Technology and Media Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:56:21 +1000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: JamieG http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/2008/06/02/adobe-flash-player-a-bad-internet-citizen/comment-page-1/#comment-3681 JamieG Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:21:52 +0000 http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/?p=114#comment-3681 Thanks Kyle, I completely agree with you. This is why I posted this blog as to try and generate some pressure on Adobe by getting users to get onto the bug trackers an voice there concerns by voting. And it looks like you have as you have listed a Bug tracker URL. Still, on this topic of late. I have been using OS X a lot of late. and am very disappointed that Flash for OSX is pretty much a dog performance wise. Same SWF can eat up twice as much CPU on a Mac then a PC. This is a very important issue considering the up swing in Mac/OSX (For good reason.) Thanks Kyle,
I completely agree with you.
This is why I posted this blog as to try and generate some pressure on Adobe by getting users to get onto the bug trackers an voice there concerns by voting. And it looks like you have as you have listed a Bug tracker URL.

Still, on this topic of late. I have been using OS X a lot of late. and am very disappointed that Flash for OSX is pretty much a dog performance wise. Same SWF can eat up twice as much CPU on a Mac then a PC. This is a very important issue considering the up swing in Mac/OSX (For good reason.)

]]> By: Kyle Simpson http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/2008/06/02/adobe-flash-player-a-bad-internet-citizen/comment-page-1/#comment-3680 Kyle Simpson Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:53:09 +0000 http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/?p=114#comment-3680 Oh, and btw, the second issue you mention, it's actually issue #67 here: https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-67 Oh, and btw, the second issue you mention, it’s actually issue #67 here: https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-67

]]> By: Kyle Simpson http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/2008/06/02/adobe-flash-player-a-bad-internet-citizen/comment-page-1/#comment-3679 Kyle Simpson Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:52:26 +0000 http://www.crafted.com.au/blog/?p=114#comment-3679 I agree that these are troubling bugs that Adobe needs to address. But just because they still exist does not mean that throwing Flash out is the best course of action. I think we need to be more proactive in our voicing of and petitioning of Adobe to address these issues. The more the community rallies around their project and productively urges it's betterment, the better the result will be. Adobe has committed to making the SWF more open-source, and so in that spirit, I think we should embrace it like we would any open-source project, knowing it's full of holes but also being willing to role up our sleeves and help plug them, or in this case, at least hand the putty over to Adobe and show them where to plug it. I agree that these are troubling bugs that Adobe needs to address. But just because they still exist does not mean that throwing Flash out is the best course of action. I think we need to be more proactive in our voicing of and petitioning of Adobe to address these issues. The more the community rallies around their project and productively urges it’s betterment, the better the result will be.

Adobe has committed to making the SWF more open-source, and so in that spirit, I think we should embrace it like we would any open-source project, knowing it’s full of holes but also being willing to role up our sleeves and help plug them, or in this case, at least hand the putty over to Adobe and show them where to plug it.

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