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What an enormous waste -- why bother distributing a desktop app if you're going to stick with Flash? Taking the browser out of the mix doesn't solve anything ex
by blasdel 17y ago
What an enormous waste -- why bother distributing a desktop app if you're going to stick with Flash? Taking the browser out of the mix doesn't solve anything except direct access to a remote control.
The video rendering would be a full order of magnitude more efficient if it wasn't blitted through Adobe's craptacular runtime firs, all just to get some measly overlays.
- tptacek 17y agoIt's a bit weird to downplay direct access to a remote control in a set-top application.
- jimbokun 17y ago"Taking the browser out of the mix doesn't solve anything except direct access to a remote control." Can you name a more important feature for a TV application?
- chriskelley 17y agoI would think reliable playback trumps using a remote control. Nothing ruins my video experiences more than stuttering playback. If you told me I would never get a remote control in exchange for consistently buttery framerates, I'd take it in a heartbeat.