Who cares? I can write em both :P
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 10:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: AJAX vs Flash > > It's been too long since we had a religious argumenton here. > > tober 06, 2006 > > AJAX to overtake Flash? > Filed under: Web development > A recent SitePoint and Ektron survey of Web professionals suggests AJAX > will soon surpass Flash as the predominant Web development model of > choice. Increases in expected Microsoft-based endeavors, however, make it > difficult to predict a less proprietary-based Web development project > pipeline for the future. > > SitePoint and Ektron's survey of 5,000 Web developers anticipates a > significant surge in AJAX-based projects in the coming year, as 46 percent > of respondents said they will tap the AJAX model for a project in the next > 12 months, up from 30 percent this year. More intriguing is the suggestion > of a tipping point in the Flash vs. AJAX debate. Whereas 40 percent of > survey respondents are currently working on Flash-based efforts, only 28 > percent anticipate undertaking a Flash development project in the next > year. The projection comes on the heels of an AJAXWorld discussion of > burgeoning security issues currently plaguing the AJAX model. > > On the server side, the survey -- formally known as The State of Web > Development 2006/2007, SitePoint Pty Ltd. and Ektron Inc., August 2006 -- > projects an uptick in Microsoft-based projects in the coming year, as 22 > percent said they plan to take up ASP.Net 2.0 for the first time in the > next 12 months. Ruby on Rails will also be leaned on more heavily in the > future, as 24 percent of respondents expect to begin programming with it. > PHP, however, remains dominant, with 68 percent of respondents currently > tapping the language, and another 16 percent expecting to join them in the > coming year. > > Usability, design, and search engine optimization figure prominently in > the minds of surveyed developers, with more than half saying they would > like to learn more about these development concerns in the coming year, on > par with the to-be-expected No. 1 concern among Web developers: best > practices. > > Given the aforementioned AJAX/Flash tipping point, not surprisingly, 47 > percent of Web developers surveyed wish there was more coverage of AJAX on > the Web and in print, with desire for more resources for XHTML/CSS and PHP > next in line, at 34 percent and 29 percent, respectively. > > As far as the Next Big Thing on the Web, developers' responses ranged from > the intentionally absurb to the insightful, with one sneeringly projecting > that a "mashed-up Web 2.0 web app oracle" will crop up to tell us "what > the next big thing on the Web will be." > > Simplicity, elegance, and marketability remain significant concerns. As is > the dominance of search engines in delivering users content regardless of > source. But camps appear to be somewhat split as to how organizations' Web > sites will retain relevance in tomorrow's increasingly search-intensive > Web. > > On the one hand, there are those who espouse a resurgent "Web 3.0" focus > on content rather than functionality, with "sites that are able to provide > the easiest access to the most in-depth and useful content [being] the > ones [to] bank on." Others, however, see greater emphasis on "pure > interaction with the user: giving the user the chance to style a site to > his needs, save those preferences and have them ready every time he visits > a site." > > Not surprisingly, one would expect a hybrid of these philosophies -- > better content, delivered how the individual wants it -- will prove the > most long-lasting. > > How do you see tomorrow's Web developing? > > Posted by Jason Snyder on October 6, 2006 12:59 PM | TrackBack (0) > > http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/008259.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217110 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
