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Well, with this architecture it'd be a real surprise if it worked. It's a brave attempt, but it was a long shot from the beginning.

I wonder how it would work as a java applet. Might require a jre download, but it should be many orders of magnitude faster then javascript.

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Well if we're going to bring out the big guns, the plugins, this would be a different situation entirely. Besides, if a user can download a jre, why not just download the whole game in C?

I'm not sure you need a jre. If I were to guess I'd say no, but it's been awhile since I played with applets on computers who didn't have it installed.

But web games are better for a host of other reasons:

- compatibility between os-es

- compatibility between versions of the same OS (win 95 vs xp) - much greater lifetime

- no hassle with installs, play instantly and from anywhere

- easier to multiplay

- switch from "savegames" to a "profile".

I'm not sure you need a jre.

Eh? How do you run a Java applet on a system without Java (Java Runtime Environment)?

You have a default jre installed in the browser for 10 years already. The problem is it's not always the right version or flavor - Microsoft did a lot of nasty stuff in this direction. But this was a long time ago, that's why I said these days you probably don't need a separate download.

As an up to date example, I tried a yahoo card game this week-end (http://games.yahoo.com/card-games), and I couldn't launch the game in FF without installing the latest JRE plugin. The game in question if you wanna try is "pyramids".

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