Comments on: Video: Flash on Android Is Shockingly Bad

By: Ditch the Flash « Online Marketing Today

Ditch the Flash « Online Marketing Today — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:46:02 +0000

[...] will probably never be support by iOS. While Android does support Flash, so far the experience of trying to load Flash content on Android devices has not been [...]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:41:48 +0000

If you were shocked that it worked so bad then you A) are a noob and B) totally misunderstood why Apple did not include a Flash plugin on their iOS.

By: RajaSekhar

RajaSekhar — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:19:59 +0000

flash seems to be nice, anyhow we need to keep in mind that you are using a mobile not a desktop.

I didn’t see any announcement from google that 100% of flash support has been delivered to android devices.

iphone is better for good in one direction and android is good in more than one direction.

I believe android is coming to the users, where iphone is dragging people into their world.

By: Eng

Eng — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:10:05 +0000

website Videos for smartphone are different servers.. when you invest an online video you have to be smart which format should you priorities … so nowadays there were lots of iphone user than androids who visit and watch those video websites. So maybe websites focus on html5 by investing a high bandwidth while the flash format for android are less invest which they dont mind on low bandwidth…

By: Hey

Hey — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:41:37 +0000

hey.. the people who are saying the videos just works fine… check again that your videos are actually playing in a flash container… vimeo, youtube, and most of the mobile optimized sites play the h.264 videos on the ‘device’s native video player’.. optimizing flash for mobile is really dumb.. some one has to sit and recode the flash container again.. the videos in the internet is mostly h.264 that doesn’t need an ugly flash container… just link it to the native video api, and it will just work…

By: Video: PlayBook Multitasking (and Why Flash Works Well On It): Mobile Technology News «

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:39:15 +0000

[...] while running a Quake video demo at 60 frames per second. Flash on other devices has been a hit or miss experience: after watching it perform well in the video, see my observations below on why it does so well [...]

By: My Mobile Web Predictions For Last Year – The Scorecard | Wap Review

My Mobile Web Predictions For Last Year – The Scorecard | Wap Review — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:38:13 +0000

[...] Flash 10.1 did finally make it to some high end Android 2.2 phones in 2010 but reviewers generally found it sluggish. As Flash failed to deliver I'm only giving myself 1/2 a point on this one.Prediction: Full-Web [...]

By: Leno, Pandora, Cheesy Sausage: 2010′s Best GigaOM Vids: Tech News and Analysis «

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:00:51 +0000

[...] Flash 10.1 is Sluggish on Android Our audience loves demos, and this one did not disappoint. One of our most popular videos of the year, we showcased the Flash player running on the Android mobile platform. [...]

By: Roderick L. Barnes, Sr.

Roderick L. Barnes, Sr. — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:34:50 +0000

I am currently on an iPhone but would really like to see the Droid platform push our pastor (Steve Jobs) to preach better sermons. His ideological rantings about Flash and Java are technically weak and easily recognized by his own congregation as being primarily personal and almost entirely void of edifying content. We do not need anything so ecumenical (forgive the faith-based metaphors) as Flash and Java on every mobile device but we are long overdue for some decent dialogue and good competition.

It seems to this writer that grading Flash solely by its ability to play video is similar to grading the Microsoft CLR on its ability to play sound or judging a Java VM using only its 3D vector rending abilities. The publishing of competitions based on video rendering ad infinitum is like comparing cars based on their seat covers. Flash, while touting great abilities in the area of video delivery (whether or not it is delivered is another matter), facilities numerous other things:

1) web services
2) rich user interfaces
3) wide variety of plugins
4) game engines

I am not a Adobe adherent. Neither am I an Apple sycophant. The improvement of Flash on Droid is inevitable. And the improvement of Droid is good for all customers; competition among these giants provides feature upgrades that would not happen without their contention. The insecurity of people who have chosen to identify themselves with technology is sad. I am not the phone and am not bothered by the improvement of technologies that Jobs has lambasted.

Stop parroting Steve and quit trying to advance his vitriolic views. The rancor is unbecoming the whole iPhone community. If Flash on Droid is bad… do not get one. If it gets to be pretty good be willing to consider the fact that while Flash may have been bad, with the ire of so many Adobe lovers stoked by the aspersions, your comments are making it better.

Roderick L. Barnes, Sr.
Note: Alas, this frail response was written without the help of the now indispensable HTML5. Had I done so it would have been in 3D with reading help for the thinking impaired.

By: Todd Washburn

Todd Washburn — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:53:31 +0000

Flash uses cpu. Even the 1.6 atoms in netbooks work hard running it. Once the cpu power in these mobile devices have enough umph we will have “the complete web experience” with Flash. I see it as a hardware race. Adobe bet on CPU to win and eventually,(in another 18 months or so:) I bet Android and Adobe will be the hot setup on PDA’s. Especially those with bigger screens like e-readers