- Hum... *only* sound and video? All that content is a pretty big deal. - Cross-browser client-side storage? Sure, you can do it in JS, sometimes, using one of many APIs, but flash's shared object could make a good fallback (I've not tried this though). - Don't most JS uploaders will use a (hidden? 1px by 1px?) flash file in the page to do the heavy lifting (again, I've not tried this)? Seems Flickr's does. - Pretty much all display advertising on the web is done in Flash (where rather a lot of money is spent, apparently)
J On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 2:23 PM, simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Once you remove games, I believe there are only 3 things Flash player has > that cannot be recreated with html + css + javascript: > > 1. binary socket (Audio, Video) > 2. XML socket > 3. no page refresh file upload with user feedback events (% loaded etc) > > I'm hoping someone can remove item 3 for me with a link to some fancy JS > uploader > > S. > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Playing whack-a-mole with corporate and device use cases that the > > > legal or technological implications of Flash being proprietary break > > > misses the forest for the trees. These are all just instances of the > > > freedom of software users being compromised. > > > > > > That said, on other lists I've seen people argue that Gnash is > > > counter-productive precisely because it supports something that isn't > > > an open standard. This would be a reasonable argument if there was an > > > open standard to support, but there really isn't (SVG+JavaScript or > > > DHTML+AJAX are not substitutes). So I agree that if the BBC could > > > provide such a standard that would be really positive. > > The BBC have already announced that they are working on a standard with > > a number of other companies. > > http://www.p2p-next.org/ > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > > please visit > > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > Unofficial list archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > -- Jason Cartwright Web Specialist, EMEA Marketing [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44(0)2070313161 www.jasoncartwright.com +44(0)7976500729
