I had forgotten to mention what Clint does below.. I have done quite a few little mini desktop flash apps that allow clients to modify products and e commerce products instead of opening a brower and such.
They just mouse over a little icon hanging out on their desktop - it expands with some menu choices - they grab data from online and modify and add products. Has a powerful use. Clint wrote: > How about running this app OUTSIDE the browser? AFAIK, DHTML cannot be run > outside the browser, my Flash App can, and still talk to the database. > > All I am saying is that for some things, like applications(not entire > websites that are content based), using Flash as the UI is going to be > better than using HTML or DHTML. > > If anyone cares, I will post and an example of my search app to show you > what I mean. > > Clint > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jon hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 10:34 AM > Subject: Re: Is Flash really THAT good? > > > >>I doubt the 10 minute figure, but with some forethought I could write >>a script that onKeyUp change the contents of an html widget fairly >>quickly. Say 20 minutes...I've done this in the past. >>Changing the look would be as easy as changing the css definition. >> >>-- >> jon >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Friday, June 20, 2003, 11:22:54 AM, you wrote: >>C> I have an interactive search that as you type filters the data that you > > see. > >>C> This could be done in DHTML, but in NOT 10 minutes, NOT outside a > > browser, > >>C> and NOT as easy to change as the Flash interface. >> >>C> Clint >> >>C> ----- Original Message ----- >>C> From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>C> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>C> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 10:22 AM >>C> Subject: RE: Is Flash really THAT good? >> >> >> >>>>>Really? Name just one UI component/paradigm that is possible >>>>>in Flash that isn't possible in DHTML. >>>> >>>>How about an org chart? >>>> >>>>http://www.figleaf.com/development/flash4/orgchart/orgchart.cfm >>>>(Actually, you could do this in DHTML, but it wouldn't be >>> > cross-browser, > >>C> and >> >>>>it wouldn't work very well, and it would be expensive to support, and >>> >>C> you'd >> >>>>lose all your hair.) >>>> >>>>How about a whiteboard? >>>> >>>>http://products.figleaf.com/ >>>> >>>>Good luck with that DHTML. >>>> >>>>Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software >>>>http://www.figleaf.com/ >>>>voice: (202) 797-5496 >>>>fax: (202) 797-5444 >>>> >>>> >>> >>C> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
