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Comment Re:Flash block (Score 1) 485

Filters and scripts can scrub <video> and <canvas> tags. Filtering proxies installed in schools can do this. Security packages used in schools can do this. Browser extensions can do this.

Filters and scripts can also inject a preload="none" attribute into <video> tags to prevent your 100 MB movie from preloading, although this is really the duty of the browser. Some browsers are getting close. Opera can do this with plugins, including Flash. Adding support for HTML5 media should be trivial.

Flash is not just video. Keep your Flash blocker for every other Flash-based evil out there, like games, soundboards, Newgrounds-era cartoons, nuisance ads, sites that will never adopt HTML5, etc...

Comment Great alternative (Score 4, Insightful) 42

At about $599, the Eee Top ET1602 is relatively expensive considering its performance

True, but this is ridiculously affordable for small/medium businesses looking to incorporate touch technology. Similar touchcomputers purposed for business use can easily run north of $2000 a pop.

I help run an average sized family restaurant, and we use an old ink-and-paper ticketing system in the kitchen. I have been toying around with the idea of replacing it with a homebuilt touch-based interface, hanging a couple touchmonitors where the ticket rail sits. This move would help me eliminate paper, ink, and printer maintenance costs, not to mention giving my technically-inclined kitchen staff a new toy to play with.

So far, the costs of the touchmonitors alone have been prohibitively expensive, but a product like this one could allow me to realize my idea. Being able to acquire a touchcomputer (not just touchmonitor) at a fraction of the cost definitely catches the eye of any business thinking about implementing touch-technology.

This thing is very promising. It's almost perfect for my application. I don't need speed or any bells and whistles, I just need something touch-enabled, networkable, and self-contained. This is awesome. I will definitely be watching this thing closely.

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