RIAs in general and the available Flex examples in particular.
I am particularly disappointed in the performance of The Flex Code
Explorer showcase app:
http://macromedia.com/software/flex/?promoid=home_prod_flex_111703#
Click Flex Code Explorer Link.
This takes about 7 seconds to load on my DSL link, then about 7 seconds
to render.
Once that is done we (assumedly) are ready for a Rich Internet
Application experience.
On the left of the screen is a (logical) frame containing a familiar
tree menu to navigate the rest of the application.
While, functional, it is one of the slowest tree menus, I've seen.
To contrast this RIA experience, I brought up the CFMX Administrator
and the CFMX Docs -- it includes a PIA version of a tree menu.
It is interesting to use these 2 (the RIA and the PIA) side by side --
the PIA wins hands down in speed and crispness and, yes "Richness" of
the user experience,
Why is this so -- the RIA system (Flex and Flash) have been designed to
address this specific component of a web application?
Why is the PIA useful and the RIA, well... let's just say that I would
be embarrassed to show it to a client.
I am all for RIAs -- they will be the norm in the long run. But we've
got a ways to go...
Dick
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