[Robin]

humm...

Java and flash are pretty similar?

Both are compiled into byte code

Both are run in a "virtual machine" of sorts.

In fact I'd say flash is tuned to be smoother and faster espescially when it comes to graphics..

I'd also have to express my annoyance at the fact that, no matter what platform Java is run on, it seems 5 to 10 seconds are added on the beginning of the load time, whist the browser / VM seems to freeze and crash and burn until finally the applet is loaded, or begins to show a "loading" bar.

Whereas there's no slowdowns of that sort as far as I can tell with Flash.