> The Our Land movie jumps all over the place here on my
> 1gig'r G4. That is unacceptable.
Searching "flash mac slow" pulls up lots of other threads with diagnostic
questions and background. (Pulls up lots of threads without info, too,
though... searcher beware.)
You just inadvertently did the "some-or-all files" test with your mention
of JibJab's "This Land Will Vote For Me" piece. Next step is to ask
yourself whether your Mac is doing it slower than other Macs, to do the
"some-or-all machines" test. (From the paucity of similar comments on that
file, I suspect you'll find the answer to be true here.)
After that, sticking with that known-quality piece of content, you can
start examining what else your system is doing at the time. You're likely
running a browser (rather than standalone), and browsers _definitely_
differ in how they allocate cycles for guest processes such as browser
plugins ("some-or-all browsers" test). If you're streaming, then poof there
go some of your chip cycles, although the lack of similar comments from
other Mac users on that SWF still points to an additional cofactor
("some-or-all times" test). Checking for other background processes is a
definite step to take as well.
For Macs in general, if you'll check the history you'll see there has been
tons of extra engineering allocated to the Mac Player, so it's not an issue
of negligence. Isolating out why that SWF is different on your Mac than on
other Macs is a useful first step.
jd
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