why is flash needed with ajax. potatoes potahhhtoes
i think its all willy nilly and there are good places for both. tw On 10/17/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177195 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
