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IMHO, Adobe should definitely act more responsible and finetune Flash Player to perform better across all platforms.

But i disagree with John Gruber.

#1) Flash is not "slower" on Mac . It uses up too much resources compared to its Windows edition. I switch between Windows(work) and Mac (personal) all the time and i have never seen anything Flash playing "slower" on mac.Flash makes use of GPU access (if required) not just for video playback. I assume Adobe's excuse for resource hungriness is , 'too much time marketing'?

#2) As http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/recommendations.html suggests, without a card you are going to experience crappy playback for HD video on Quicktime,Flash plugin and everything.

#3)John is comparing native desktop video playback tools to a plugin that lives inside a browser.

Lastly.. read staunch's comment.

Why doesnt John have comments enabled in his blog?

> Flash is not "slower" on Mac . It uses up too much resources compared to its Windows edition. I switch between Windows(work) and Mac (personal) all the time and i have never seen anything Flash playing "slower" on mac.

I think you'll find that, with regards to computer software "slower" and "uses more resources" are generally interchangable; it's a trade-off. And "slower" can be quite obviously observed when a "uses more resources" app hits a resource limit. For instance, there are flash games (not videos -- _games_) which are so choppy as to be unplayable on my dual core 2.5GHz MBP -- because it uses too much of "more resources," and runs out of cpu cycles.

"slower" means "choppy" and is not interchangeable with "use more resources" as you suggests. I have never seen any flash content that runs choppy on my 2 GHz Macbook. Post an example and back up your claim.

Why doesnt John have comments enabled in his blog?

"Sometimes a design decision is what you don’t put in, as opposed to what you put in."

http://shawnblanc.net/2007/07/why-daring-fireball-is-comment...

I find his restraint refreshing.

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