does clicktoflash save battery?

[tim100]

any one use click to flash? how much better is battery life? if you dont click to play flash do you save alot of battery from sites with auto flash?

http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_take_control_flash

 

[GGJstudios]

Yes, since Flash consumes more system resources, and therefore, battery power, ClickToFlash conserves both.

 

[mulo]

yes, and lots of it.

 

[S.B.G]

any one use click to flash?

I would venture to say that most MR members here use ClickToFlash or similar plugin to mitigate Flash.

It's a great piece of software.

 

[adnoh]

Apparently flash 10.2 uses very little CPU but it's still in beta.

 

[Matthew Yohe]

Apparently flash 10.2 uses very little CPU but it's still in beta.

Yeah, I'm on the beta now, and while it's better, it's still much worse than straight up HTML5 video.

 

[tim100]

Yeah, I'm on the beta now, and while it's better, it's still much worse than straight up HTML5 video.

how much better is betta?

 

[Matthew Yohe]

how much better is betta?

Only looks like about 10% on some YouTube videos.

 

[NickZac]

I don't use Flash, I am boycotting it

And ALL of Adobe for that matter
Photoshop sucks anyway