Well there is a vacuum right now in this particular space. Java applets have fallen into disfavor as a rich client platform. ActiveX has always had negatives, and is being replaced with .Net ever so slowly. So if there ever was a time to push Flash the time is now I guess. Reasons to sell Flash? Why do people buy BMW's when a Ford would get them to work just as fast, and use less gas? I happen know that Ford sells more cars than BMW though, and I'll be happy with that market :)
Personally...I'm a minimalist when it comes to web design and prefer to keep the client as thin as possible. Two of the ugliest sites on the internet are arguably the among the most successful, Ebay, and Yahoo, and the simplest is probably the most successful of them all, Google. No Flash on any of those sites...except in the ads! There is very little that can't be done with the v4.0+ browsers with JS/DOM stuff that can be done in Flash. I don't really have anything against Flash though, and have played with some actionscript. Unfortunately the Flash UI is absolutely the most horrendous code editing environment ever dreamed up. Worse than DW MX even <g>, so I can't really give it a fair shake because I hate the environment so much. Can someone tell me who's brilliant idea it was to focus the drawing area as soon as the application is refocused? Even if the cursor is focused on the code editing area in advanced mode alt-tab away and back, and you have to use the mouse again. Grr. -- Jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, August 1, 2002, 10:15:36 PM, you wrote: BEB> Is it me, or has anyone else noticed there's a REALLY strong push for = BEB> Flash lately at all the CFUGs and conferences?? Is there any particular = BEB> reason for this? BEB> I like Flash - don't get me wrong. But I view it as a GUI frill that I = BEB> doubt I can sell to my clients who want a functional business = BEB> application. Anyone here can tell me why/how I could sell them Flash = BEB> which would be over and above CF development? ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
