The fact of the matter is that Flash IS around now. The free plugin IS on almost every computer. Personally I think you should be updating your application. It is fool hearted to think that your application cannot be improved with the changing technology.
Take a javascript/html based calculator written in 1995. It will still work in today's browsers (maybe... if you managed to avoid any of the thousands of changes made to JavaScript and HTML since, which is highly unlikely). Anyway, regardless of how unlikely it is, lets just say that its true. Now I come out with a flash bases calculator, which looks incredible, has some nifty little sounds, and overall provides a better user experience. Now the logic in both are exactly the same, but I think you'll agree the flash based application will be preferred by every user. Ford sold the model T for over 20 years, and claimed that no person would ever need more. Sure the technology behind the model T still holds true today, but I happen to enjoy power steering, brakes, windshield wipers... etc. (I recently heard a piece on Ford's 100 year history on NPR) Adam Wayne Lehman Web Systems Developer Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Distance Education Division -----Original Message----- From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 11:52 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Is Flash really THAT good? Can Flash be run outside of the Flash plugin? Uh no. Can you guarantee to me that the Flash plugin, and API will forever be free and open? Don't need the code...thanks though. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, June 20, 2003, 11:36:31 AM, you wrote: C> How about running this app OUTSIDE the browser? AFAIK, DHTML cannot be run C> outside the browser, my Flash App can, and still talk to the database. C> All I am saying is that for some things, like applications(not entire C> websites that are content based), using Flash as the UI is going to be C> better than using HTML or DHTML. C> If anyone cares, I will post and an example of my search app to show you C> what I mean. C> Clint C> ----- Original Message ----- C> From: "jon hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> C> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> C> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 10:34 AM C> 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 C> see. >> >> C> This could be done in DHTML, but in NOT 10 minutes, NOT outside a C> browser, >> C> and NOT as easy to change as the Flash interface. >> >> C> Clint >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
