there are a few AIR apps that will completely overheat my CPU and make my machine crash @ home.
yeah. not stoked. On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < [email protected]> wrote: > > right after I posted this, I thought I'd give Tweetdeck another try. I'd > used it before, but the memory leak it had kept me from using long term. > But I thought it had been a while since I used it so I needed to experience > it again. So, I installed AIR again and then Tweetdeck. > > From the get go, Tweetdeck consumed 210meg, Safari with Twitter & Facebook > open consumed 115M, Chrome consumed 95M, Tweetie (twitter only client) > consumed 29M > > With all apps sitting idle, Tweetdeck consumed anywhere from 6% cpu to 35%, > all the others usually sat at 0 but would sometimes spike to 4% > > This is indicative all all the Flash/Flex apps I've used. I've been in > demos before where the fan kicks on while a web page w/flash is sitting > idle. > > Granted, this is running on my mbp and Flash has never been known to be > speedy on apple products. > > > On Jan 27, 2010, at 4:06 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > > > > I agree, it not in the same league, not yet, but I think they will be in > the near future and with projects like this > http://apcmag.com/Content.aspx?id=5078 I think there's promise. > > > > > > On Jan 27, 2010, at 3:56 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > > >> > >> I like AJAX solutions I have built recently, but let's be honest here. > HTML5 > >> isn't even in the same league as Flex/Flash. > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> this is how I view Flash. Sure, it can do some cool stuff, no doubt > about > >>> it, but AS is a PITA with it's confusing libraries and static typing. > I'd > >>> much rather code in javascript against the DOM any day. > >>> > >>> Plus, the killer app for Flash is video. HTML5 is already doing video. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311278 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
