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by soonisnow 5335 days ago
For sure the fact that Apple/Steve passed (violently so) on Flash made it mobile DOA, but is it possible the actual frame/second rendering on Flash 10.1 was actually better-performing than HTML5? These tests are from 2010 but suggest so.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUWo19BcC7s (April) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFFax1oYyBE (September).

Not so sure Steve was proved right so much as it was self-fulfilling prophecy (from the mobile deity himself)?
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watty 5335 days ago
Flash definitely outperforms HTML5 on mobile and desktop: http://www.craftymind.com/guimark3/
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gcp 5335 days ago
The native Android browser isn't very good in JavaScript (not JIT? old JIT?). Firefox Mobile and Opera Mobile outperform it greatly. That's the advantage of a real open standard: you can choose your implementation.

No such luck with Flash.

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jonhendry 5335 days ago
But which eats more battery?
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gcp 5335 days ago
The slower one, as the CPU must stay on longer. Not a good argument, hence.
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