Negative. A GOOD Flash developer is very mindful of bandwidth. Perhaps you should
check with the award winning Flash developer you hired.
I am not trying to say to anyone that Flash is the end-all, be-all of web development.
Same with ColdFusion MX. What I AM saying, though, is that the proof is
oh-so-simple: when only transmitting data rather than UI components + data, its
obvious to see which will require less bandwidth. Our Flash developers are very
mindful of size/download time of their flash components, regardless of size or
complexity. I think that both you and I can agree that Flash, when appropriated
correctly, CAN save bandwidth. The converse holds true as well. I just don't
appreciate the blanket implication that Flash ALWAYS is more bandwidth intensive.
Let's all remember that this is an open forum, we all have the place to hold our
respective opinions, and respect others as well.
Regards,
--Paul
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-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thu 8/1/2002 4:36 PM
To: CF-Talk
Cc:
Subject: RE: Does Macromedia have some current strong Flash agenda?
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
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> -----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]
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> 615 SW Broadway, Suite 200
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> 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
>
>
>
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