posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 12:51 PM
by
Jonathan Hodgson
Fun with Flash: Google Maps Flight Simulator
This little Flash game, Goggles, using Google Maps data is fun:
Especially as it reminded me of an old Spectrum game I used to play called Tornado Low Level: TLL.
Flash and Flex, seems to be popping up on the web alot more lately - with web-based video moving away from RealPlayer, Apple Quicktime, etc. to Flash-based players - whether YouTube or Google Video. Mike Taulty spotted that CNet TV videos load and play really quickly with great quality.
Finally, I also liked this Flash page, Speedtest.net, for testing your bandwidth:
