On 03/16/2010 03:50 AM, Zachary Uram wrote: > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 3:41 AM, John R. Dennison<jrd at gerdesas.com> wrote: > >> Good lord. >> >> Why? >> > Maybe it would be effective way to target people wary of downloading > and installing a client. > Lots of kids use library computers and it doesn't let you download and > run .EXE but I think > they could run Flash. > In fact - a better question might be: If you were to re-write Netrek from scratch today - why WOULDN'T you use Flash? I think people think of Flash as a complex animation suite. But, take a look at this: http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/ Flex is somewhat like Adobe's re-write of Java mixed with rich user interface and rendering capabilities. That you can write a program in Flex and have it run in Flash, where Flash is generally available for most platforms and is often already installed on people's computers, makes it a great target. Good lord. Why? Why *NOT*? :-) Cheers, mark