Smokescreen, a Javascript based Flash player

Impressive. [Link]

The following are live demos showing Smokescreen in action. Demos without sound are paired with their Flash counterparts on the same page for comparison. Since Smokescreen is written in JavaScript, it is slower than the Flash plugin and is limited in speed by the performance of the browser. Until we pull more tricks out of our sleeves to boost the speed, realize that some demos will not run at accpetable speeds on iPad/iPhone/iPod devices, and are categorized appropriately.

Now, I consider the lack of Flash a feature, not a flaw on my iPhone. The first thing I do when I install Firefox is install FlashBlock. I want to choose what media I want to see, not have intrusive ads foisted on me.

That being said, I would expect this to start being deployed on sites, at least for ads, maybe later for video and Steve Jobs can't do a damned thing about it.