# Is recreating this web app possible?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 19, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-recreating-this-web-app-possible/353250 "2006-04-19T03:43:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![ice1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ice1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ice1000)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-recreating-this-web-app-possible/353250/1 "2006-04-19T03:43:21Z")

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My girlfriend made a monk-e mail and she wants to make a few more, but she thinks I’m a PC genius so she asked me if I could figure out a way to make one…I said maybe…

[The original product](http://www.careerbuilder.com/monk-e-mail/Default.aspx?mid=7252013&cbRecursionCnt=2&cbsid=b18c59bb4b9d4b65930b27a27d5dfd84-198718485-RR-1)

Ok, is there any way to make this without having to buy the Macromedia product? Is there an alternative, like open source or another format?

Is making the animations difficult? I’m thinking of something like making a series of lip JPEGS loop.

How feasible is this?

PS. I checked out oddcast’s products but the license fees are outta this world!!!

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**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-recreating-this-web-app-possible/353250/2 "2006-04-19T04:40:18Z")

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It can be done with almost pure javascript but it’s not going to be easy.

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**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-recreating-this-web-app-possible/353250/3 "2006-04-19T08:08:47Z")

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Probably like eight years ago, I created something very similar in Flash… it wasn’t that difficult.  
But I don’t remember whether or not I pirated the SDK.

Sorry that’s not much help 😕