Question
Flash video performance poor in Firefox 3 and other newer Gecko-based browsers; fails to detect mouse movement in full-s
Regardless of configuration, I have found Flash video
performance on Firefox 3 to be severely sub-par. Numerous visual
lags occur throughout a typical Youtube video as it cannot seem to
manage to maintain a steady frame rate. When in full-screen, mouse
movement is not detected, forcing me to click in a full-screen
Vimeo video in order to display its controls when I should have
only needed to move the mouse. I was informed that the technical
explanation for this is that Flash isn't triggering MouseEvents
other than MouseEVENT.CLICK.
In my tests, this behavior also occurred in Flashplayers 9 and 10 as well as with recent versions of other browsers that also use the Gecko rendering engine, namely Camino, Flock and Songbird, but not in Firefox 2. I was told by a Mozilla employee that this issue can only be solved by Adobe.
This has forced me to use the Safari browser as my only available work-around. I implore that these issues get resolved as quickly as possible.
In my tests, this behavior also occurred in Flashplayers 9 and 10 as well as with recent versions of other browsers that also use the Gecko rendering engine, namely Camino, Flock and Songbird, but not in Firefox 2. I was told by a Mozilla employee that this issue can only be solved by Adobe.
This has forced me to use the Safari browser as my only available work-around. I implore that these issues get resolved as quickly as possible.
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