sjgadsby | # 901 | 2010-07-10, 02:23 | Report

Yep. For simple multiple choice, Flash would be annoyingly unnecessary, but for more complex, "outline on the map the area that must be evacuated due to a hazardous gas leak at point B" sorts of assessments, I can understand it.

And there are certainly more onerous methods for carrying out web-based testing, of course.

Lake | # 902 | 2010-07-10, 17:17 | Report

I confess to being a bit confused about Flash now.

I have seen on youtube and on a 'Nokia Expert' blog a video of Popcap games clearly being played on the native N900 browser but whenever I try I get the dreaded "Needs flash 10" message. I have no special plugins etc and so I am wondering what modification has been made to make this possible?

This is the demo I am referring to:

http://nokiaexperts.com/n900-tips-tr...y-flash-games/

Does anyone know?

JayBEE | # 903 | 2010-07-10, 17:36 | Report

That video was created when the Popcap games only required Flash 9 which the N900 only supports right now. But Popcap now requires Flash 10 which the N900 does NOT support right now.

poka64 | # 904 | 2010-07-10, 17:37 | Report

The have surely implemented flash 10 detection now, the article you refer to is a bit old.

H3llb0und | # 905 | 2010-07-12, 00:31 | Report

This is a quiz for Australia's leading online training and compliance system.

The quiz asks random questions from a pool of separate text files.

At the end it shows you your total % and if you did not score higher than a certain % you have to take it again.

When you finish it will ask you for your details like first and last name, employee number etc etc. ( always different depending on the client )

It validates all fields according to client's specifications.

At the end it prints a certificate of completion with your details in A4.

All the text prints perfectly from Flash and only the background image is from an external JPG that loads into Flash.

All the settings like total number of questions, questions asked, fields to enter personal details, open fields, dynamic dropdowns etc etc... are controlled by a single setup.js file, so 90% of the time I don't even need to make changes to the flash file.

When we have a new client or a new module for an existing client it takes me less than 5 min to setup a new quiz, some modules even have multiple quizzes.

Please show me an easier and more flexible way to do something like this for 100's of clients that include IBM, Coca Cola, Vodafone, etc...

Edit: forgot to add that it must look exactly the same no matter the browser or OS you are using.

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garyc2010 | # 906 | 2010-07-12, 00:44 | Report

hahahhahahahahahah

*why* DO so many people want such a closed and buggy peice of crapware that is called flash ????????????

The n900 is FREE, its and OPEN platform (well of its not really, its almost as bad as android)

the n900 gave me the freedom I wanted,

I wanted to superglue small birds to my phone, the n900 gave me that freedom

I wanted to sellotape a cat to my phone, I wanted REAL freedom, and under the OS licence I was allowed to sellotape 2 cats to my phone as long as it was for personal non-commercial use.

what other phone gives you this freedom ????????????

H3llb0und | # 907 | 2010-07-12, 00:47 | Report

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about, so I won't waste any more of my time with you.

garyc2010 | # 908 | 2010-07-12, 01:08 | Report

OMG is Flash now under the GPL licence or did I miss something

I know not what you talk of, so I waste time no more on your comments ?

knopow | # 909 | 2010-07-12, 01:18 | Report

This is true. Once websites upgrade to FL10.1 we're up sh?ts creek with the n900. browsing the web will be a joke.

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dyce | # 910 | 2010-07-12, 01:19 | Report

just wait for meego, it will support it. then just ditch maemo5 and get all the devs helping to fix up meego on n900