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AndyBaxman · LXF regular Joined: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:47 am Posts: 520

The problem is that, too often, management and "media" types see flash as some sort of content deliver panacea. It isn't, of course, its performance is too variable across the diverse platforms for which it is available, resulting in a poor experience for a large proportion of users.

The BBC's adoption of Flash for the delivery of iPlayer content to Android (and other mobile platforms) is a case in point. Just look at the comments left on the Android Market:-

https://market.android.com/details?id=bbc.iplayer.android

Notice how many are complaining about poor performance?

The thing is, Flash is the cheap* option, allegedly write once run anywhere, but that didn't work for Java, and it certainly doesn't work for Flash.

* Actually the "cheap" option for the BBC would have been to publish an open delivery standard and let 3rd parties write the clients, but the "rights holders" had hissy fits about that notion because they were worried about piracy. The fact that almost all BBC broadcasts are broadcast "in the clear" and appear on BitTorrent soon after broadcast in higher quality than that available from iPlayer hasn't occurred to them.
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bobthebob1234 · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:26 am Post subject:

You'll all be glad to know that I got flash working again. Uninstalled then reinstalled it and magically worked... Most strange. Still bombs out every now and again though Evil or Very Mad

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leke · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:07 pm Post subject:

The only way I canz whatches my youtubes with out the Flashes crashing is to turns off the youtubes cookies. But nowz I cantz login and leave those thought provoking comments I make on dowz peeps videos.
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bobthebob1234 · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:54 pm Post subject:

lolz.
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bobthebob1234 · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 12:04 pm Post subject:

GRRRRRRRRRRRR

Can anyone get
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIQO1g6t7IY
to play?

I think I have played every other video on youtube but that one won't work....
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leke · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 12:10 pm Post subject:

bobthebob1234 · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 1:18 pm Post subject:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

First who ever posts to tuxradar about delayed podcasts ruins my life, then this!

I think the vid didn't work so was removed. This should work...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfvS3ep_eis
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M-Saunders · Moderator Joined: Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:14 pm Posts: 2883

bobthebob1234 · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 5:46 pm Post subject:

I hope you're happy Evil or Very Mad

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