I'm guilty of spending more time than I probably should at <a href="http://newgrounds.com">newgrounds.com</a>, their slogan being "Everything, by Everyone".<br>Its a melting pot of free content, and what really impresses me are the absolute gems of creativity that one finds from time to time.<br>
<br>I dont see flash as the main XO education content maker, but can see the argument for popularity in the short term.<br><br>James.<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/4/12 John Watlington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wad@laptop.org">wad@laptop.org</a>></span><br>
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On Apr 11, 2010, at 8:56 PM, James Cameron wrote:<br>
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> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 08:51:01PM -0400, Martin Langhoff wrote:<br>
>> But hey. Flash developers want Flash in it. It's gotta be good for<br>
>> something.<br>
><br>
> My guess is that it is handy for repurposing the system for<br>
> entertainment usage. (I don't have Flash enabled on my systems, so I<br>
> don't really know what I'm missing).<br>
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</div>It's all the rage for games these days. My kids constantly astound<br>
me with the rendering quality and interactiveness of flash games that<br>
they are able to find for free on the web.<br>
<br>
Deployments that have asked for Flash also point to games as the reason.<br>
<br>
wad<br>
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