So, when I finally implemented an FPS calculator in my snake game, and besides that, realized with my naked eye, that FF SUCKED at playing flash movies.... It made me wonder.

I've always thought of Firefox as a much superior browser to IE but with Flash player that doesn't seem to be the case...

What is causing this? Is it a memory leak within Firefox? Does it not clean up its engine well enough once it renders a page? Why on Earth is IE outperforming Firefox in this field!?

It upsets me. I am a HUGE Firefox supporter... My Crown Snake page even links to getfirefox.com if it recognizes you're using IE.

Can anyone shed light on this? Or does anyone know how to get around this performance ding Firefox is giving us.