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		ashleyw on March 1, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 3D duck, done in Javascript, 4k. The only problem I see with this kind of thing is it uses the same CPU as flash (FF3.1b3 and Safari4b1), and Flash is pretty slow on OSX anyway!

DLWormwood on March 2, 2009 [–]

Doesn't Shockwave[1] (Flash's predecessor and an a spinoff of Macromedia Director) support native 3-D? Unlike Flash, Shockwave was built with more consideration for system performance, at the cost of download size.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Shockwave

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