That is absolutely not true. A good Flash developer will create a UI that meets the business requirements of the application and allows a user to easily make use of it. That may or may not use more bandwidth than an html based application with the same business requirements.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ V: 415-577-8070 F: 415-341-8906 P: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Wille, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 5:33 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Does Macromedia have some current strong Flash agenda? > > And you are making assumptions as well here. A *GOOD* Flash developer > would design the Flash interface to be lightweight, preload once (or as > minimal as possible), and minimize the size of his/her Flash movies. No > different is the argument that CFML is slow. Those of us that know CFML > know that any poor developer can write bad CFML that will inherently be > slow. > > I fail to understand your point of view on this. I think you can see > where I am coming from. > > Paul W. Wille [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------- > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > --------------------------------------------------- > ISITE Design, Inc. -- Senior Programmer > www.isitedesign.com > 615 SW Broadway, Suite 200 > Portland, OR 97205 > 503.221.9860 x110 > 503.221.9865 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 5:26 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Does Macromedia have some current strong Flash agenda? > > > If your whole site is in Flash it loads once. The Flash movie is > equal > > to one or two rich HTML pages in size. Perform more than two > functions > > on your site and you're then passing less data than you would via > HTML. > > That's the simplified version of how it works. I doubt Talkers really > > cares more about it than that, unless they're actually building an > app. > > Then it's worth it to go into the specifics. > > > You are making assumptions. Flash gives you the ability to do things you > couldn't do before in html, which could required higher bandwidth than > the equivalent application using html. While the extra bandwidth may be > worth it for a better experience, the extra bandwidth is still there. > Flash applications do not inherently save bandwidth. > > -Matt > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. 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
