Ok, first off, that article was written years ago. Although there are probably more flash animations online than back then, Flash has still made leaps and bounds of progress.
Secondly, how much DHTML have you done? Now, how much cross browser DHTML have you done? How much database driven DHTML have you done? Although it's not apples to apples, you can deliver cross browser / stand alone apps, in flash that are practically impossible in DHTML. Thirdly, if we didn't have flash, it'd be some other replacement for the animated gifs that people would be complaining about. Fourthly, I understand where you are coming from since I have heard other people say the same thing about flash. However, with a thread like this, it makes me think that you are like the others who bitch about flash yet haven't seen any flash movies worth while. Here are a few flash sites that I consider to be worth your viewing. http://www.2advanced.com/flashindex.htm http://www.egomedia.com http://www.estudio.com just about any flash site on http://www.cwd.dk http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html (had to throw this is for the humor) Just to name a few. E ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Block" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is a bit off topic but I wanted to ask this question specifically to this audience. There seems to be a sence that Flash is this awesome platform for rich internet applications that thats where "everything is going". All you hear about is how fast it is, how good looking it is, and so on. Maybe I'm the only one but Flash drives me crazy. Even though it has database connectivity, I still see it as a frustrating way to create needless animations. Maybe I'm wrong. I admit I have only got into Flash a little bit but every time I do, I end up asking myself why I am wasting my time with this tool. As application developers, do you take Flash seriously? Do you think it does or will ever make since to use it for your full blown applications? I just read over the message thread at: http://www.dack.com/web/flash_evil.html and I found it very interesting and I sort of agree with the author. He's also got an interesting usability test posted at: http://www.dack.com/web/flashVhtml/ I'm interested as to what you guys think. Thanks, Jon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
