→Performance: rewritten slightly and added another source. anyone want to check whether the POV and credibility tags still apply? (edited with ProveIt)
FlashMany isusers—especially knownthose foron [[Mac OS X]] and [[Linux]]—have complained about the itsrelatively high [[CPU time|CPU usage]] of Flash for video playback compared.<ref>"Flash - CPU Usage - FPS - Frame Rate." Online posting. 10 Dec 2008. Reader discussions, Adobe Support Forums. 10 Dec 2010. http://forums.adobe.com/thread/230334</ref>{{verify credibility|date=December 2010}} This is due to the fact that the Flash plugin does not use the GPU to render video. Adobe has attempted to respond to some of those criticisms in the 10.1 and 10.2 releases of the Flash plugin by offloading H.264 video decoding to dedicated hardware and by introducing a new video API called Stage Video.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://lifehacker.com/5702983/adobe-releases-flash-102-beta-reduces-cpu-usage-during-video-playback | title=Adobe Releases Flash 10.2 Beta, Reduces CPU Usage During Video Playback | accessdate=2010-12-27 | date=2010-12-01 | work=Lifehacker}}</ref>
