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Ok, I read the article and perhaps this may come across as naive but isn't that what Flash more or less is already? Aside from the fact that Flash is designed m
by speby 17y ago
Ok, I read the article and perhaps this may come across as naive but isn't that what Flash more or less is already? Aside from the fact that Flash is designed more visual animations, it certainly does have an application-style framework (Flex)... one has to wonder what is the Goog bringing here that's different/better?
- Tichy 17y agoI think Flash is running in a virtual machine, similar to JavaScript?
- wmf 17y agoNaCl is faster than Flash and NaCl can more easily run existing C code. (IMO NaCl >> Alchemy.)
- enneff 17y agoThe two technologies are quite different. Flash is a platform for executing ActionScript code within a VM with a very specific feature set. It's not very fast. NaCl is a means of executing binary code in a sandboxed environment. This means you can write an app in whatever language you like, and take full advantage of the host CPU's power. It has the potential to bring the power and functionality of desktop apps to the web, literally.
- litewulf 17y agoEven better: you can potentially take a desktop application that you've already written, and run it via NaCl. No need to rewrite into Flash.
- moe 17y agoSo, this is a download-manager with a heuristic malware scanner builtin and the "execute after download"-box permanently ticked? Time to sell some of these GOOG shares.