Wow. Hard to describe my feelings on this video showing flash player on the new Google Nexus One phone.
So this is supposed to be the fastest burliest phone around. Yet our flash mobile player, in a controller demo:
1. has a terrible frame rate on the demo game (especially notice when there are two animated things on the screen at the same time)
2. Kills the scrolling performance of each web page they show it on.
3. Makes the the scrolling sort of flash in and out parts of the page
4. And, if the guys' battery life is any indicator, kills the battery (okay, cheap shot, maybe he just hadn't plugged it in in a while).
But best of all, aside from the bevy of technical flaws, the guy doesn't seem to notice. Shouldn't he be falling all over himself apologizing for the poor performance?
Finally, almost 1/2 the video is actually pimping flash ads. How out of touch do you have to be to think that users want to see flash ads that kill performance on their mobile device? I block flash on the desktop because it's too annoying for words, and they want it on my phone?
Please, Apple, never implement flash on the iPhone. Ever. I beg of you.
Please websites (looking at you car manufacturers and restaurants), stop making your sites in 100% flash and make them accessible to mobile users.
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