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Smokescreen - a Flash player written in Javascript and HTML5

#1

Post by earcar » Tue, Jun 01, 2010, 5:01 PM UTC

Smokescreen - a Flash player written in Javascript and HTML5
smokescreen.us

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#2

Post by bnoland » Tue, Jun 01, 2010, 5:35 PM UTC

Do the demos work on the iPhone?

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#3

Post by NathanKP » Tue, Jun 01, 2010, 5:36 PM UTC

Very interesting! Running the Smokescreen JavaScript flash player did not cause my battery life to go down like normal flash does. I always watch that when I am running a flash YouTube video or flash game.

It will be interesting to see how the performance works with more complex games.

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#4

Post by NathanKP » Tue, Jun 01, 2010, 5:36 PM UTC

bnoland wrote: post #2

Do the demos work on the iPhone?

There is a video showing a flash ad running in Smokescreen on the iPad.

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#5

Post by bnoland » Tue, Jun 01, 2010, 5:38 PM UTC

NathanKP wrote: post #4

bnoland wrote: post #2

Do the demos work on the iPhone?

There is a video showing a flash ad running in Smokescreen on the iPad.

I see that now.

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#6

Post by sheldonwt » Tue, Jun 01, 2010, 5:39 PM UTC

This could be a very revolutionary way to port flash to the IPad. There seems like an enormous value potential for that if it works well.

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#7

Post by d0m » Tue, Jun 01, 2010, 5:43 PM UTC

smart!

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#8

Post by recampbell » Tue, Jun 01, 2010, 5:43 PM UTC

There is also Gordon: http://wiki.github.com/tobeytailor/gordon/

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#9

Post by agotterer » Tue, Jun 01, 2010, 5:46 PM UTC

What are the footprint differences between the two? I assume FLV is compiled and optimized for running in the flash plugin...

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Post by sosuke » Tue, Jun 01, 2010, 5:49 PM UTC

agotterer wrote: post #9

What are the footprint differences between the two? I assume FLV is compiled and optimized for running in the flash plugin...

None of the demos they show that I saw playback FLVs, where are you looking at those?

Also worth noting that in one of their demos they say that it only supports up to a "sizable subset of Flash 8" for playback currently. From: http://smokescreen.us/demos/intro.html