> I'm not sure it's entirely relevant, but here's something the very-very senior flash dev at work said about that recent Dart port of the Flash API (which he thought was neat).
>>> "This little game was developed with Flash and later ported to HTML5 in only 6 hours. The new HTML5 version runs with smooth 60fps, which is almost impossible to achieve
with the Flash plugin!"
>> This is the kind of sentiment that shits me. Flash is measured by the worst of its developers.
>> Flash is capped at 60fps in the browser so as to limit the carnage, but can run at 120+ on the desktop. If the dude can't get his example game running at 60 fps in flash it's because he sucks, not the plugin. /rant
As far as I understand it, the API[0] author highlighted that the HTML5 port was consistently over 60fps (or constantly at 60fps if capped), whereas the Flash version was consistently under 60fps, and not even reaching the limit, hence no 60fps capping could be coming into play.
> Similarly, be prepared for a slew of super slow "HTML5" apps.
Inevitably, bad code will come. Flash on the web had one advantage: it was dead easy to block.
>>> "This little game was developed with Flash and later ported to HTML5 in only 6 hours. The new HTML5 version runs with smooth 60fps, which is almost impossible to achieve with the Flash plugin!"
>> This is the kind of sentiment that shits me. Flash is measured by the worst of its developers.
>> Flash is capped at 60fps in the browser so as to limit the carnage, but can run at 120+ on the desktop. If the dude can't get his example game running at 60 fps in flash it's because he sucks, not the plugin. /rant
As far as I understand it, the API[0] author highlighted that the HTML5 port was consistently over 60fps (or constantly at 60fps if capped), whereas the Flash version was consistently under 60fps, and not even reaching the limit, hence no 60fps capping could be coming into play.
> Similarly, be prepared for a slew of super slow "HTML5" apps.
Inevitably, bad code will come. Flash on the web had one advantage: it was dead easy to block.
[0] https://github.com/bp74/dartflash