01-29-2010, 07:45 PM
Article Accelerator wrote:
Mavic: Install ClickToFlash then go to just about any YouTube video. Click on the ClickToFlash "gear" to pop-up a menu that allows you to download the video's H.264 version.
Thank you for pointing that out. The Flash video is not H.264 so you are not getting the same video that the Flash player would play. That means it's not an accurate comparison.
In my tests thus far, playing the same video via HTML5 and via Flash yield just about the same load.
Article Accelerator wrote:
I think people in your position should point out to your clients that by using Flash, they are excluding a significant portion of web users from viewing their ads and/or sites, viz. virtually all mobile users (>100 million) plus the millions of additional users who have enabled Flash blockers on their other devices.
Sorry, but those numbers aren't accurate. Flash and Flash Lite have way more market penetration than you're estimating. For example http://www.adobe.com/products/flashlite/
My Palm phone plays Flash videos just fine.
Not only that, but the CTR of Flash ads is so much higher that it's way more cost effective, especially for CPM campaigns.
silvarios wrote:
To recap, the only part of my web experience that brings my systems to their knees is Flash video and Flash navigation.
Somehow I seriously doubt that most Flash navs bring your systems to their knees.
The latter is simply a poor design choice that makes navigation more complicated.
That's all in how it's designed - not something that's an inherent issue with Flash.
I am streaming the iPad keynote in my iBook G4 as h.264 and there is no slowdown. I'd love to see how the same video encapsulated in Flash would fair. Better example. YouTube on the netbook running Ubuntu 9.10 is very hit and miss (although the experience is better since Flash 10). The same videos in Totem as h.264 play back with nary a hitch. Both are streaming.
I think you're not making accurate comparisons. You're saying "the same videos" yet you're saying they're encoded differently.
Which size of the keynote were you watching?