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Re: Comparison between Flash and <canvas>

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On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 1:07:12 PM UTC-5, bit-n...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 8:14:29 AM UTC+5:30, Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:
> 
> > Here is a cutesy example:
> > 
> > <http://www.windows93.net/>
> 
> 
> That was UNBELIEVABLE!!! Blew me away totally!

Here is the one I was looking for originally before I gave the above link. This is the real Windows 95 operating system being emulated in the browser:

<https://win95.ajf.me>

hopefully the server doesn't fall over as people try to view it.

> > 
> > and here is a more serious example:
> > 
> > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTJRwKOFddc>
> > 
>
> And that was BEYOND UNBELIEVABLE!! It was MIND-BLOWING!! :) That guy looks like he's made Flash, the *authoring tool*, In The Browser!! My God!!
> I noticed that that video was from 2012 - is there a commercial product around this by now?
> 
> Any idea if it does anything 3D graphic-y?

What was created was a shadow of the SmallTalk/Squeak platform. Dan Ingalls is one of the giants of the field:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Ingalls>

IRT 3D: I didn't look but wouldn't be surprised if it was one of the available packages. 3D is not difficult to implement with some basic training on the subject; especially today with modern browsers.

For example. Here is an off-the-cuff 3D cube I made some time ago:

<https://thenewobjective.com/demos/css-cube/>

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Comparison between Flash and <canvas> bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-04-25 12:07 -0700
  Re: Comparison between Flash and <canvas> Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2016-04-26 08:53 +1000
    Re: Comparison between Flash and <canvas> bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-04-27 11:09 -0700
  Re: Comparison between Flash and <canvas> "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-04-25 19:44 -0700
    Re: Comparison between Flash and <canvas> "Teodor V." <teodor-see-signature@invalid.invalid> - 2016-04-26 05:42 +0200
      Re: Comparison between Flash and <canvas> "Teodor V." <teodor-see-signature@invalid.invalid> - 2016-04-26 05:44 +0200
      Re: Comparison between Flash and <canvas> Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-04-26 23:26 -0300
    Re: Comparison between Flash and <canvas> bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-04-27 11:07 -0700
      Re: Comparison between Flash and <canvas> "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-04-27 17:34 -0700

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