This is another very strong argument against Flash incorporation to the iPad. It’s a little hard to see here but the Flash player in Safari is using well over 100 percent of the CPU time (Confusing for some because a CPU with two cores is represented as a 200 percent total. Flash is using half of my processors attention at the moment, never mind what Safari is already using…).
Under HTML5, the video is sent to the GPU (in this particular case) that makes quick work of playback. So playback is smoother and I have some power to spare.
No Flash compatibility in the iPad was a letdown for me initially. However, after looking at the results of switching to HTML5 for video playback on my own home machine, it’s clear that there are some efficiency issues with Adobe’s product.
