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What you see above is what I will see every time I try to watch an online video from a site that uses Adobe Flash like Hulu or Youtube for example; or play a Flash game such as Farmville on Facebook. (again, just an example. I don’t play Farmville)

There are numerous reasons for my decision.

-Flash is a CPU-hog and makes my poor Macbook’s fans run full-tilt when trying to render a flash video. This gives me the impression that Flash is simply a very inefficient plug-in, particularly compared to its Windows counterpart. This is because Flash player on Windows has GPU acceleration, whereas on the Mac side, this capability is not made available to 3rd-parties such as Adobe.

-Due to the aforementioned, I’ve long-felt like a second-class citizen in this Windows-dominated world in which we live. If I can’t have a Flash plug-in that’s at least on-par with what is available to the majority of people, I’d rather not have it all.

-I’ve had the first iPhone since launch and haven’t found myself wanting for Flash as far as I can remember. I used to play a lot of Flash games, but they have been superseded by Apps.

-I plan on getting an iPad which won’t support Flash either, so I need to plan ahead and learn to live life without Flash.

-I want to support the new standard of HTML5 which is currently being implemented and will hopefully lead the way towards a flash-free Internet.

-Youtube and Vimeo have recently introduced basic HTML5 players, so it’s obvious to me that this is the way web-video is heading.

-And finally, just look at SublimeVideo. It’s nicer than any Flash player that I have ever seen. And that will most likely run inside the iPad’s browser without the need for any plugins or modifications.

I doubt Flash will ever go away completely and I may find myself reinstalling it in the near future. However, for the very first time since I’ve started using the internet, I can honestly say that I could get by, doing my general day-to-day web browsing activities without having Flash installed; And that makes me and my Macbook’s fan very happy indeed.