Jobs Tells WSJ How Much he Loves Flash. Not.

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.cultofmac.com/steve-jobs-blasts-flash-in-meeting-with-wsj-editors-report/30857?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+cultofmac/bFow+(Cult+of+Mac)' target='_blank'>http://www.cultofmac.com/steve-jobs...w+(Cult+of+Mac)</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Steve Jobs unloaded on Flash during a meeting with Wall Street Journal executives last week, according to Gawker.Jobs met with editors of the Journal to show them the new iPad. The Journal make widespread use of Flash on its website for video, infographics, etc., and editors raised concerns about the absence of Adobe's plug-in."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1264960943.usr105634.jpg" /></p><p>No surprise here I guess, we all know how much Steve Jobs hates Flash, and I'm not such a big fan myself. It does make me curious though as to how many sites currently using Flash will adapt in order to work effectively with the iPad. I'm hoping for as many as possible, what are your thoughts on Flash?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Macguy59]

I do agree that Flash is a real drain on battery life but so is video in general. I block most flash stuff so it's not much of an issue for me. HTML5 isn't difficult or time consuming to implement for drop in video on a web page but gaming sites that requires it is another matter.

[Deslock]

I do agree that Flash is a real drain on battery life but so is video in general. I block most flash stuff so it's not much of an issue for me. HTML5 isn't difficult or time consuming to implement for drop in video on a web page but gaming sites that requires it is another matter.

In the context of battery life, GPU decoded h.264 playback is almost as efficient as moderate web browsing (well, relative to CPU intensive stuff like flash video).

I personally dislike flash because of not only the CPU usage and crashing, but because of all the obnoxious adds that play sound. So I too run browser plugins to block it.

[Macguy59]

Interesting take from someone that actual codes flash for a living

No Flash for you ! (http://www.cultofmac.com/the-real-reasons-iphoneipad-wont-ever-support-flash-they-cant/31097)