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http://blog.alternativaplatform.com/ru/files/2008/04/bunker....

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http://blog.alternativaplatform.com/ru/files/2009/02/hero.sw... (press space to rotate)

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The hero example is a lot better than the one you posted.

With HTML5

http://www.benjoffe.com/code/demos/canvascape/textures

Neat. This example is nowhere near as pretty as the Flash examples, but it's interesting that my CPU is barely doing anything even when walking around. In the Flash version my CPU is pegged just sitting there doing nothing.

I am pretty sure if HTML5 implement the same scene as bunker.swf it would hog much much more CPU.

http://www.ponticstar.com/projects/burning-words/

Try set the font to 100, and see if it's still as smooth as you thought.

Canvas is by all means a CPU hog and much slower than software-mode Flash.

http://vimeo.com/10553088

But hey, Flash is dying, etc

Flash Games, demos, and webcomics are nice.

However:

No matter the codec or operating system, we should not NEED Flash to view video on the Web.

i completely agree

however, suppose you are about to design a video site for the common public back in 2005, what technology would you choose? quicktime? realplayer? windows media player?

i dont think flash video is unneeded any soon, even if html5 has a 70% adoption rate, people would still need flash for h.264 fallback

150 in Opera runs smooth

http://www.kongregate.com/games/mike_id/doom-1

Wolfenstein, meet Doom.

I'd say the bunker example above is pushing Quake 2 levels.

I agree that Adobe have dropped the ball with Flash, but "HTML 5" is no where near where it should be...

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