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Flash...Flash...Posted Apr 24, 2008 9:15 UTC (Thu) by deleteme (subscriber, #49633)Parent article: OLPC at a turning point Acording to Slashdot Flash was one of the issues for calling the Linux people zealots. I think Flash has to be accepted, it's extremely good at what it does, haven't seen anything that comes close to Flash. Especially in speed, and ease. Openstreetmap is a prime example, the best UI they could build was in Actionscript, against java, HTML, python and c++.
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Flash... Posted Apr 24, 2008 9:40 UTC (Thu) by deleteme (subscriber, #49633) [Link] From Adobe Flash distribution license - "Licensee must use the installers as-is without modification.". They can't create package for Flash, because packaging involves installing software not according to the way provided by software manufacturer.
Flash... Posted Apr 24, 2008 9:52 UTC (Thu) by njd27 (subscriber, #5770) [Link] You sayOpenstreetmap is a prime example, the best UI they could build was in Actionscript, against java, HTML, python and c++. But this is not strictly true. The best UI for editing OSM is written in Java, and it is called JOSM. It's not online, but this allows many features such as plugins which would be impractical on the web. You should say "The current UI, Potlatch, for editing OSM data on the web uses ActionScript".
Flash... Posted Apr 24, 2008 19:10 UTC (Thu) by smoogen (subscriber, #97) [Link] As Walter Bender points out in one of the "Why isn't Flash?" emails is that Flash is available... either as the propietary plugin or gnash. The gnash plugin is limited to open codecs which limits what can be shown. The Flash plugin is also available, but requires the local place to get in contact with Adobe about licensing.
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