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Will HTML5/JS games ever approach the performance that we have had for years with Flash/Silverlight? I try all these HTML5 demos and have thus far never failed

Will HTML5/JS games ever approach the performance that we have had for years with Flash/Silverlight? I try all these HTML5 demos and have thus far never failed to be sorely disappointed at the complexity that is required to code them and the poor performance they yield. Shouldn't a new technology only be embraced for a certain use (like creating games) when it is "better" in some way than what we already have? Sorry, I really just don't get it. When will people realize that games will never be viable in HTML5. Embedded audio, videos, vector graphics and minor animations for a web site/app - great. But games??? Please stop. You are not using the best (or even suitable) tool for the job.

joelthelion 14y ago
Maybe browser support isn't good enough yet? I don't think there is anything fundamental that makes HTML5 slower than Flash or Silverlight other than the fact that it's new and standard, which makes it harder to get right (but will make it far more useful in the long run).
- goggles99 14y ago
  Then Hype HTML5 when it is ready for prime time. I am sick of all the excitement surrounding it. It is not revolutionary, nothing about it is particularly new (can it do something that Flash/Silverlight cannot???) or exiting. Everything that it does can already be done and in a better way. All this and we can't really use it for years to come because it is not mature and not enough users have modern browsers. Enough already. Let me know when the party starts, cause I am sure am sick of hearing hype over HTML5 when there are already better alternatives. When Flash was new and games like this were created (this was like 8-9 years ago LOL) It really was a big deal because nothing like it existed at the time. HTML5 to me is like the GO programming language. YAY, another language that can do what hundreds of other languages can already do. It may be new and "neat", It may even be the best tool for doing certain niche things, but hardly worth seeing in the news every day.

joelthelion 14y ago

Maybe browser support isn't good enough yet? I don't think there is anything fundamental that makes HTML5 slower than Flash or Silverlight other than the fact that it's new and standard, which makes it harder to get right (but will make it far more useful in the long run).

goggles99 14y ago
Then Hype HTML5 when it is ready for prime time. I am sick of all the excitement surrounding it. It is not revolutionary, nothing about it is particularly new (can it do something that Flash/Silverlight cannot???) or exiting. Everything that it does can already be done and in a better way. All this and we can't really use it for years to come because it is not mature and not enough users have modern browsers. Enough already. Let me know when the party starts, cause I am sure am sick of hearing hype over HTML5 when there are already better alternatives. When Flash was new and games like this were created (this was like 8-9 years ago LOL) It really was a big deal because nothing like it existed at the time. HTML5 to me is like the GO programming language. YAY, another language that can do what hundreds of other languages can already do. It may be new and "neat", It may even be the best tool for doing certain niche things, but hardly worth seeing in the news every day.