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  321 readers"We believe, will get us to the point where Mac will be faster than Windows for graphics rendering." On Cnet

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  547 readersFlash Player engineers have been working closely with Apple to improve Flash Player performance on OS X, to the point where Flash Player 10.1 (now available for testing) will run faster on Macs than on Windows. Now Flash engineer Tinic Uro has provided some interesting info on Flash & Core Animation, highlighting some of the

• Flash Player goes Cocoa, makes a host of improvements

  295 readersFlash Player 10.1 is here, ready for download, making tons of improvements in rendering efficiency and memory usage. Engineering manager Paul Betlem has provided extensive details on the team blog. Being a Mac user, I was particularly happy to hear about Mac-specific improvements & the fruits of the team's collaboration with Apple's Safari team: "First

• Feature Request: Rendering API (FP-4218)

  404 readersI would like to see Flash Player support an expanded rendering API. Today Flash has a very limited rendering API and constantly renders any object added to the DisplayList (exceptions for cacheAsBitmap & MouseEvent.updateAfterEvent). Due to the nature of constant rendering, the player is required to constantly switch from rendering graphics to executing logic (AVM

• Core Animation

  372 readersAmazing, so many things have happened in the Flash Player engineering team over the past year. Lots I would love to talk about. But the purpose of this post is to deep dive into a subject Kevin Lynch touched upon recently, specifically Mac performance and his comment about Core Animation. Whenever performance is mentioned in

• Flash performances on mobile

  352 readersLook at my benchmark of Flash Player 10.1 and HTML animations on mobile devices.

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  Relative Performance of Rich Media Content across Browsers and Operating Systems

  178 readersTwo of the things that Flash is often criticized for is that it: Uses too much CPU Performs significantly worse on the Mac than on Windows This got me thinking about whether some quick tests would bear this out, and if so, whether it was isolated to just Flash content. Below are some raw numbers

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  Top Flash Misperceptions : Flash is a CPU Hog

  277 readersThis is one of the most prevalent misperceptions associated with Flash. Basically, the myth is that Flash uses an inordinate amount of CPU compared to other, similar technologies. Before looking in more detail at this misperception, I think it is important to point out that when one makes the statement “Flash is a CPU hog”,

• I’ll Be Appearing on CNET Live Tomorrow

  253 readersTomorrow I will be appearing on the Android Atlas show on CNET Live. The topic will of course be Flash Player on Android. You can go and submit questions over on the CNET website. Ask about anything and everything related to Flash on Android. On a related note, I found this nice video today from

• Flash 10.1 breaks embedded font rendering in printing

  414 readersThe new flash player 10.1 on Windows and Mac breaks embedded font rendering. See image below. This is very disappointing. This is going to affect my customers badly, and there is nothing I can tell them. Just another reason to be very nervous about the future of Flash.