Why does Flash turn to crap when it isn't the active window?

[DevilsRejection]

I don't like the fact that flash acts like utter ass when it's in the back ground

something i used to do on my windows box was watch a google video or youtube while talking to one of my friends over IM, no matter what browser i use, the flash just gets jittery to ****, i'm talking like 2 frames per second, just because it isn't the active window!

this seems to be an OS wide issue, is it well documented?

 

[superbovine]

I don't like the fact that flash acts like utter ass when it's in the back ground

something i used to do on my windows box was watch a google video or youtube while talking to one of my friends over IM, no matter what browser i use, the flash just gets jittery to ****, i'm talking like 2 frames per second, just because it isn't the active window!

this seems to be an OS wide issue, is it well documented?

OS and flash ver?

 

[DevilsRejection]

How do I check flash version?

I have OS X 10.4.6

 

[MisterMe]

How do I check flash version?

I have OS X 10.4.6

Go to /Library/Internet-Plugins/ or ~/Library/Internet-Plugins/.
Locate Flash Player.plugin.
Select File > Get Info or press [Apple]+[ i ].
Read.

 

[xPismo]

Mine too. Slide show city.

Flash v8 r24
10.4.6

I assume its due to my single proc G4.

Flash sucks.

 

[eva01]

it isn't due to the computer. My dual 1.8G5 does the same thing and so does my powerbook

flash just sucks

 

[Makosuke]

Blame Macromedia (no, wait, now we get to blame Adobe for Flash sucking in addition to lame PDF-driven sites--it's ALL Adobe's fault now!).

Basically, their Flash codebase for the Mac sucks--performance is bad in a number of different ways, and the way most browsers actually handle it is even worse (multiple embedded Flash animations on a single page KILL Camino--beachball city), though I'm not sure who to blame for that.

There have been signs of improvement lately, so I'm REALLY hoping that in the next release or so maybe things will finally be up to snuff. Adobe's functional PDF-in-browser plugin in the latest version of Adobe Viewer illustrated that maybe they can handle plugins ok on the Mac, so perhaps the merger will light a fire under the Flash plugin team to get things working like they should.