YouTube + Flash Plugin + Firefox = CPU Cook

[Bloodwych]

Flash is getting very close to being uninstalled because as complex as it likes to think it is, there is no excuse for this behavior that is reproducible on three different systems, one with a fresh install.

I thought the problem was fixed, but it's simply random. Sometimes flash will use less CPU time, others it will decide to double it's CPU usage. It looks like it has a stupidly high priority set but this really is an annoying issue, even more so for Laptops.

No programs should require 90% of my CPU, or some 9000 MIPS, for moving round an animated banner. The graph spikes start once I hit the YouTube homepage and move the cursor over the animated banner. Without the cursor movement, it spikes up to 60% when refreshing the images, 0% when stationary. Playback of one video can decide to use 60-80%, making the system sluggish and unresponsive: