Adobe Flash: Chrome and Safari

[Michael Goff]

I've noticed that using Adobe Flash in Chrome causes the fans to kick on (and take a while to stop), as opposed to Safari where it doesn't kick up the fans so often. I was wondering how this makes sense. It's Adobe Flash, it's using the same website.

Chrome loads it faster, yes, but I don't know if it's worth it since it kicks up the fan.

 

[960design]

I was wondering how this makes sense.

Flash is sandboxed in Safari and Mavericks does lots of little tricks to save cpu cycles / battery usage.
Chrome doesn't.

Why do you need Flash installed?

 

[mentaluproar]

Why do you need Flash installed?

I don't get that either. I use Safari for general use, firefox for speed, and chrome for flash.

 

[tdc02]

I don't get that either. I use Safari for general use, firefox for speed, and chrome for flash.

Question- I'm new to MAC, but on my MacAIR in Safari I just got today, when I open ESPN to watch video it tell me to download flash.

I'm not following why mentaluproar & 960design, you don't need it. Is it something else I need to run or what? Just asking.

 

[mentaluproar]

Try youtube5 from verticalforest. It doesn't work everywhere though, which is why I keep chrome as a plan b, which has it has flash built in. I don't like flash for security reasons, so I like to keep it separate from my main browser.

 

[tdc02]

Thanks, understand now. I'll more likely download Chrome or firefox and use it on my mac.

 

[mentaluproar]

Thanks, understand now. I'll more likely download Chrome or firefox and use it on my mac.

I have used both and while some of firefox still feels outdated, it runs circles around chrome, at least the versions I currently have. Both are faster than safari, but safari has the benefit of having better gesture support, zooming behavior, reader support, and much better battery life.