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How Important is Flash to You?
| Poll: How Important is Flash to Your Internet Activity? Total Votes: 93 |
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| I can’t live without Flash. | 10  |
| I don’t like Flash, but the sites I visit require it. | 20 |
| I selectively block Flash content. | 51 |
| Flash? Not on my computer. | 12 |
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I would need Flash in all it’s forms on an iPad before I would consider buying one.
I have a desktop for work (3d, broadcast animation, video, art), but it’s tethered. I have an iPhone for keeping contact away from that computer, but I can’t do actual work on it. The laptop is the space between: When I’m at home, I do view flash games and animations on it. When I’m on the road, I need to use Flash Professional on it.
The iPad would need to replace the laptop for me to consider buying one. Without Flash, I’m better off buying a netbook.
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David Nelson
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For those who say that Flash is critical, it would be interesting to see the types of sites they visit compared to where others go. I have an iPhone, iPad, and a MacBook where Flash is blocked. I don’t miss anything except annoying animated ads. No site that I visit needs Flash, period.
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No site that I visit needs Flash, period.
NewGrounds, NeoPets, Webkinz, Armor Games off the top of my head. A number of image boards feature short independent animations in Flash as well.
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David Nelson
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No site that I visit needs Flash, period.
NewGrounds, NeoPets, Webkinz, Armor Games off the top of my head. A number of image boards feature short independent animations in Flash as well.
True, most web-based games require Flash, and many video sites still do. But that is starting to change.
Personally I consider it a blessing to not have Flash. When people send me links to random videos via IM, I don’t have to come up with an excuse to not watch them.
[ Edited: 25 May 2010 12:35 PM by David Nelson ]
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You might just be lucky… numerous websites I regularly visit had big flash ads covering the whole browser (ie playing a video in the background). Such flash videos alway power out 100% of my cpu, make my Mac real loud and sometimes if I have loads of tabs opened make the browser crash.
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