i cannot come up with a good reason that they shouldnt have wrappers for cfmx and flash that enable us to use ajax without thinking about it... thats one quick way to keep us using flash rather than dhtml + ajax + cfmx.
ajax is great, but the ui layer must still be developed. tw On 10/17/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I given that AJAX seems to be far easier to use than creating a Flash app... > I don't think it bodes well for Flash-driven *business* applications. > > > Matthew Small > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 10:44 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: AJAX vs. RIA > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 10:34 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: AJAX vs. RIA > > > > 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? > > It's not "needed" but it can help. You can inform both Flash and DHTML > interfaces using AJAX-style programming. So in those cases where you're > using both you can construct a single data access layer to feed both. > > More importantly they both support a new model for considering web > applications. Learning one makes the other easier and then you've got two > choices in your toolbox - which one is "right" then depends on the task at > hand. > > I think the crux of your point is correct - on the surface the two do seem > to conflict more than compliment. But I think in the end they'll actually > help each other more than hinder as techniques with both of them seeing wide > use. > > Jim Davis > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:177199 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
