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Javascript's ability to do graphics is very limited; you have to do hacky 1pixel divs, and you still won't get pretty anti-aliasing. Even if I had infinite tim
by zhyder 18y ago
Javascript's ability to do graphics is very limited; you have to do hacky 1pixel divs, and you still won't get pretty anti-aliasing.
Even if I had infinite time to write the code in JS, I'd have to replicate a lot of functionality of the Flash player, and you'd end up with maybe 5x the code you'd have to download compared to the Flash swf file. Doubt you'd prefer that experience.
I think most people hate Flash coz its: (i) obtrusive as ads on sites, and (ii) it takes too much goddamn CPU (or at least that's why I hate it on my Mac). But I've paid close attention to the CPU usage in Dabbleboard; let me know how it runs for you.
- vegai 18y agoI don't hate it, it's just that Adobe's Linux implementation of Flash is very bad.
- zhyder 18y agoYes, the Mac version could be better too. I'm curious if you're seeing issues with Dabbleboard in particular. If not you could still un-adblock (or un-flashblock) it :).
- bct 18y ago> Javascript's ability to do graphics is very limited; you have to do hacky 1pixel divs There's <canvas/>. It can even be used with IE these days: http://code.google.com/p/explorercanvas/ http://code.google.com/p/explorercanvas/