OK, that explains why we have a disconnect here. I know that the acronym RIA could stand for more than Flash, but I've not seen it used to describe anything except a Flash/Webservice driven application, so I meant RIA = Flash.
So why is AJAX needed with Flash (I'm no Flash expert) if Flash can already call a web service? Matthew Small -----Original Message----- From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 10:29 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: AJAX vs. RIA RIA = rich internet application RIA != flash driven rich internet application FLASH = a great tool for building RIA's FLASH != the answer to everything AJAX = a silly little acronym for existing technologies put together, a mashup if you will WEB 2.0 = a world where the desktop is no longer needed and the web serves a greater purpose AJAX + FLASH + FLEX = a world sooo cool, we havent even begun to see what is possible. Thankfully javascript and flash will work together to help enable web application developers to create rich internet application goodness. check this video out. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4762944544960468107 On 10/17/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How is that? From what I understand (which isn't much), AJAX is helping the > browser become more like an OS app, which was the advantage that RIA had. > It seems that it won't be necessary to use Flash to develop web apps that > have behind-the-scenes connectivity. Flash will still be useful for > developing games, but perhaps not business apps - maybe somebody can > enlighten me? > > > Matthew Small > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 10:14 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: AJAX vs. RIA > > eff no. > > ajax is going to enrich the RIA > > tw > > On 10/17/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So is AJAX going to kill the RIA? > > > > > > > > > > > > Matthew Small > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177193 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
