Once you remove games, I believe there are only 3 things Flash player has that cannot be recreated with html + css + javascript:
1. binary socket (Audio, Video) 2. XML socket 3. no page refresh file upload with user feedback events (% loaded etc) I'm hoping someone can remove item 3 for me with a link to some fancy JS uploader S. On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Playing whack-a-mole with corporate and device use cases that the > > legal or technological implications of Flash being proprietary break > > misses the forest for the trees. These are all just instances of the > > freedom of software users being compromised. > > > > That said, on other lists I've seen people argue that Gnash is > > counter-productive precisely because it supports something that isn't > > an open standard. This would be a reasonable argument if there was an > > open standard to support, but there really isn't (SVG+JavaScript or > > DHTML+AJAX are not substitutes). So I agree that if the BBC could > > provide such a standard that would be really positive. > The BBC have already announced that they are working on a standard with > a number of other companies. > http://www.p2p-next.org/ > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
