On: 2-D Glasses

[kenjackson]

Curious, why? I've looked at Flash perf on my machine (Thinkpad, Core2Duo, Win7) and streamed 1080p video at 35% CPU utilization. I've never noticed any perf degredation using Flash and never had a crash as a result of it. I know people generally dislike it on mobile devices, but for a laptop/desktop class machine it seems pretty lightweight at even the biggest tasks.

[lukifer → kenjackson]

That's because you're on Windows. On Mac and Linux, Flash eats CPU while doing nothing, and frequently stutters on mere 480p.

[blntechie → kenjackson]

I do it to prevent the autoplay of videos in almost all news sites and huge ugly flash banner ads.

[kenjackson → blntechie]

Thanks, I hadn't considered that. I don't go to many sites with either, so I never noticed, but I think the NYTimes might have some.

[hartror → kenjackson]

I run Linux mostly which flash is a bit of a dog on unfortunately.