I didn't know about Apollo. I hope the pricing is reasonable. Still, it would be interesting to see Firefox develop in that direction. It makes a lot of sense. Currently both the browser and web server technology is quite limited. Everything needs to take two evolutionary steps forward.
thanks, Patrick --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Nick Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Patrick... gee that sounds an awful lot like... Apollo :-) > > If you're not familar with it, check it out > http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Apollo > > > On 7/11/06, palmer2012 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This is something that I have been thinking about. > > > > Most of the solutions out there are flash online or flash offline but not > > that supportive of > > both at the same time. There are many cases where software needs to be an > > application > > and net savvy. For example, creating an application using flex 2 where you > > run locally and > > access web services or flash remote objects as if you were in a browser. > > and being able to > > write the serialized objects to the local disk (encrypted). It would then > > be possible that if > > there was internet service, the application could communicate to the > > remote location. > > Otherwise, it could use the local cache. This brings the idea of a rich > > internet application > > out of the browser and onto the computer. It would be great to have a > > framework that you > > can develop flex applications within. And, it would have the functionality > > that Java Web > > Software provides such as checking for newer versions and downloads them. > > > > Given the current state of the player and possible solutions, maybe the > > approach would be > > to use the Gecko SDK and embed an optimized version of the Firefox browser > > as the basis > > of such framework. I've never done this but it probably work (given the > > flash player is > > written using XPCOM interface). The biggest advantage is that Adobe > > develops the player > > for this open source browser so it would be supported. It would also give > > you the ability > > to develop flex apps for both OSX and Windows. Updates would be done by > > downloading > > the swf's and having a version file on the server. So, you could get all > > of the advantages > > of using the Active X without being tied to Microsoft and have all of the > > additional > > rendering power and support packages that it built into Firefox already. > > And if it was > > open source with a license that allows commercial use, there could be an > > online > > community that expands the system functionality that is currently tied > > because of the wild > > web surfing. > > > > I think this solution would be really interesting. > > > > Patrick > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Nick > > Collins" <ndcollins@> wrote: > > > > > > It's dead in terms of it's no longer being developed, nor supported. In > > > terms of use people still use it because of ActiveX garbage on sites > > that > > > doesn't work with anything else. Kind of the anti-flash. ;-) > > > > > > On 7/11/06, ryanm <ryanm@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Open source != open specs. > > > > > > > > > You can get source on the web if you look for it. > > > > > > > > > Isn't IE on the Mac dead these days anyway ? > > > > > > > > > Not even close. Funny how the dev geeks always seem to think so > > > > (wishful > > > > thinking?), but server stats say otherwise. > > > > > > > > ryanm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > > > Search Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
