The original sources were pretty much apples-to-apples comparisons. They weren't fast, by any means, but the Flash and HTML really both did the same thing: clear the screen, draw the circle, move the circle. No dirty regions, just pure pixel pushing. Very inefficient, but generally equally inefficient.

Now to make HTML look better (er, rather make Flash look worse), Gruber keeps linking to the optimized versions of the HTML app.

I'm no HTML-hater. I love the tech, and have even done HTML canvas-related work-for-hire. (And plenty of Flash stuff for-hire, as well.) But I also love being informed, and Gruber is only giving half the story here.

Will someone optimize that Flash piece already so I don't have to? I don't have a phone to run it on, anyway.

Edit: and I didn't even care for the original article whose headline boldly proclaimed that Flash was faster than HTML on mobile, not qualifying which mobile devices, nor the nature of the test.