Why does Flash hate Chrome?!

ShredderMaximus · #1 02-01-2012, 03:31 PM

I like using Google Chrome as my browser, its very lightweight and quick, but for some reason it does not get along with Flash at all, whenever I may have 1 too many youtube videos up, or something else flash based, bam, the whole thing locks and I either get something telling me the flash drivers have crashed or have to go through task manager to shut the whole thing down.

Sometimes I'll be fine, and other times it'll randomly lock up repeatedly whenever I open up a video or whatever, and 've tried re-installing the drivers and everything to no avail. Yesterday, due to some annoying long time graphics driver problems I was having, I did a total system recovery, which means that I downloaded and installed a brand new fresh copy of chrome, and its STILL giving me these problems, so I ask, has anyone else ever had these issues, and if so, did you find a way to fix it? Its driving me crazy.

MonetBass · #2 02-01-2012, 03:40 PM

Because Flash is on the way out. Same reason that Apple iOS doesn't support it. HTML 5 does pretty much everything Flash does. Why bother coding for a soon-to-be-dead platform?

**colcifer** · #3 02-01-2012, 03:41 PM

I'm having a similar problem with Iron. Try opening the page in an incognito window-it works for me.

MatticusMania · #4 02-01-2012, 03:42 PM

Lightweight? All browsers weigh about the same on my computer...

Why does Flash hate Chrome? Probably the same reason anybody hates anything else... deply rooted xenophobia.

Funky Ghost · #5 02-01-2012, 04:18 PM

But Matticus, I like xylophones...

MatticusMania · #6 02-01-2012, 04:21 PM

That post looks like it'll steal your girl, tie her up, and leave her on some train tracks while laughing snidely...

ShredderMaximus · #7 02-01-2012, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonetBass

Because Flash is on the way out. Same reason that Apple iOS doesn't support it. HTML 5 does pretty much everything Flash does. Why bother coding for a soon-to-be-dead platform?

So we're all just slowly waiting for it to die? Somebody oughta Ol' Yeller it already.

chicago_mike · #8 02-01-2012, 05:46 PM

You'll have to wait till 12/20/12....Then you'll have all the time in the world to experience HTML5.

SoonerMatt · #9 02-01-2012, 05:47 PM

Works with Chromium, but I had to use an unsupported extension.

Broadstbully22 · #10 02-01-2012, 07:45 PM

Flash hates chrome because when hes fighting crime and running really fast it blinds him with reflected light and he runs into things or falls off cliffs.

Pilgrim · #11 02-01-2012, 10:01 PM

Chrome is Google...so is Android.

Flash is a competitor to both Google and to Microsoft Silverlight. They don't play well together. Flash problems with iPhone and iPad are well documented.

Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats, living together! Mass hysteria!

mellowinman · #12 02-01-2012, 10:03 PM

The more important question is, "Why does Hulk hate Wood?"

Jinro · #13 02-01-2012, 10:08 PM

Flash hates anything less than 4 gigs of RAM apparently. It lags on Chrome, FF, IE, AND Opera for me.....the days when 2GB RAM were sufficient are gone.

Kwesi · #14 02-01-2012, 10:13 PM

I'm starting to see the Flash hate EVERYTHING THAT I LOVE! Been using Chrome for years, and in the last few days it's just been one big train of suck. I always have 2-4 tabs with up with flash video and my CPU usage has been stupid high thanks to Flash alone. If I leave my browser open long enough I can get into the red zone with my RAM (4GB). I panicked and bought an upgrade kit then I found out the Flash just starts snacking on your memory if you leave those web pages open for too long. I grabbed a memory manager and I can just see my free memory go from 1.5ish GB down to 400MB over the course of a day or so. Seriously, Flash needs to die, like, yesterday.

Also, flash based websites are useless for anything other than looking pretty and yet practically every musician has a Flash built page! All I want to do is save some pictures! Is that too much to ask?