For consideration in your testing: there are some ways to tune the performance of Flash, such as the video playback hack described here:
http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=845.0 I don't know if there are similar hacks for improving general performance of Flash (or Gnash) on lesser-powered machines, although I am sure Rob has plenty of hints he can share for Gnash. -walter 2008/9/16 Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi All, > > We need to characterize the performance and support of Flash in release 8.2. > > Technical people in Uruguay did a tests a while ago on the Flash games at > this web site: http://www.minijuegos.com/ > > They used the Gnash shipped with 656 (0.8.1-1) and a Flash plugin > (9.0.124-0). > > They tested Castle Wars: http://www.minijuegos.com/juegos/jugar.php?id=5552 > Freekick Fusion http://www.minijuegos.com/juegos/html/index.php?id=4570 > Hulk Central Smahdown http://www.minijuegos.com/juegos/jugar.php?id=6769 > > I believe those were chosen as examples of Flash capabilities. They weren't > necessarily things the ministry of education wanted to use in class :-) > > In all three Gnash failed completely and Flash ran slowly. > > If anyone has time to try those again with the 8.2 candidate build I would > be very interested in the results. > > Any other comments, URLs or examples about our Flash support are > appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Greg S > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Techteam mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/techteam > > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > _______________________________________________ Testing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/testing
