Flash also does tcp\ip. Flash also does Internet Explorer. That last point may not be relevant to you but it is certainly relevant to many people. >and if they

Flash also does tcp\ip. Flash also does Internet Explorer. That last point may not be relevant to you but it is certainly relevant to many people. >and if they don't, the ability can be added. (Adobe could even add the features themselves; every relevant browser is Free Software!) um, yeah, thats exactly what they've done - in the form of a plugin called Flash.