Flash haters UNITE!!! 
I like Flash, it's a great tool in the hand of a competent developer.
The biggest annoyance of Flash is advertising in my book. But if you take Flash out of the picture, some other tech "will" take its place. So I can't agree with those that constantly gripe about banner adds. If you don't like them, disable the plug-in or download a Flash Blocker -- the good blockers will let you pick and choose which content to block.
@ mahonmeister
On the Mac, QT, DVD offload much of the work to the system's GPU.
The current Flash Player is completely dependent on a system's CPU(s). It also doesn't help if you encounter a poorly built video player and there's about 3 Flash banners on the same page sucking up CPU time.
I like Flash, it's a great tool in the hand of a competent developer.
The biggest annoyance of Flash is advertising in my book. But if you take Flash out of the picture, some other tech "will" take its place. So I can't agree with those that constantly gripe about banner adds. If you don't like them, disable the plug-in or download a Flash Blocker -- the good blockers will let you pick and choose which content to block.
@ mahonmeister
On the Mac, QT, DVD offload much of the work to the system's GPU.
The current Flash Player is completely dependent on a system's CPU(s). It also doesn't help if you encounter a poorly built video player and there's about 3 Flash banners on the same page sucking up CPU time.