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#155
I appreciate hearing out OpenScreenProject, and maybe it will have promise for cross-platform mobile friendly development. The site is flashy, and your Flaemo site is neat as well.

However, I must say I can't get exited about it.

I am an N810 owner. I bought a device that supported Flash (9). Now I'm being told that I won't get Flash 10 b/c the device's processor can't handle it. Meanwhile, site after site has been disallowing Flash 9. Great. Even when I have been able to access Flash video, it has often been frustratingly slow on my device. Flash games are frequently too slow even on low quality mode and the controls are frequently not well suited for touchscreen devices (e.g., keyboard controls in an awkward position, requires mouse hovering).

OK, so maybe I have a device that's too slow. Maybe things are better for the N900, at least on the performance front. And maybe the open screen project will help with the "touchscreen-friendly" part. But N900 owners have been experiencing the same thing of getting locked out of Flash-enabled sites while waiting for the ARM version, as you can see from this thread.

All of this rather sours one's perspective.
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