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The problem with Flash

Posted Nov.12, 2011 under random

It’s not the CPU consumption. Not even close.

It’s the faulty product. By the time you have red  these 20 words, a new Flash exploit has been found. And this is a fact. I don’t care about my phone battery, i care about occupying 100% of my processor after i have closed the tab on my laptop. It’s crashing my browser for no reason at all. It’s taking a very very long time to start a video.

That is all. People want FLash dead the same way they want Internet Explorer dead. They got burned too many times because of a dumb product for them not to want something better. And because the mighty Adobe gods sat on their asses, the same way Microsoft did with IE, makes the user even more angry.

“Yea, we know it sucks, but you can’t live without it”

is not a proper strategy

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Facebook for Adobe AIR doesn’t work

Posted Dec.30, 2010 under random

The official Facebook app for Adobe Air does not work properly, and judging from the topics dealing with the same error (“checking extended permissions freeze”) i’d say it’s been doing that for some time.

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Yoono looks good, thanx Marius.

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Why isn’t Microsoft jumpin’ in Adobe’s support?

Posted Apr.30, 2010 under random

It’s murder what Steve Jobs is doing to flash. The problem, after Jobs’ hypocrisy and such is that he is right. Flash sucks a lot. That is why Microsoft, who holds about 95% of the computer market today isn’t saying anything. Because they know, too, that flash sucks for PCs even more than it sucks for Apple. Flash’s beeen crashing Firefox and IE for a long long time, but it’s the way people make money. Microsoft could turn it off, of course, but then there will be no more banners, no more sites and no more use for a computer. What’s the point of having a computer with internet if you can’t view a site (that is ad-supported) or a video or a game? None.

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the adobe-apple war, the short version

Posted Apr.12, 2010 under random

Let’s perform a thought experiment. By the end of 2010, there will be more than 100 million iPhone OS devices (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad). You’re the webmeister at an important content site. The boss comes in and asks you why you’re not supporting the iPhone OS devices. ‘Our stuff is all Flash-based, chief, those guys don’t run Flash’. You’re about to become the ex-webmeister. The boss, a really patient sort, asks you to “think different” about all these “non-compliant” customers, each of whom has an iTunes account backed by a credit card, and has developed the habit (encouraged by Apple) of paying for content. So, one more time, with feeling: What’s your answer?

from mondaynote. I don’t use Apple products, but i start to understand the mentality. And maybe Microsoft should start a partnership with Intel and a few more and start delivering hardware and software products in the same case. You know, those kind of products that are design for the hardware they run on and are working so good the Blue Screen of Death will be a distant memory.

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Twenty years of Photoshop

Posted Feb.20, 2010 under random

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Wow! Time goes by so fast. I remember I picked up Photoshop in 2001, at 5.5 version and struggled with it for about 2 years. Back then there was little information, few tutorials and a couple of forums.

Right now i still use CS version, because it’s perfect for my needs and loads up faster than the new versions.

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