At 01:55 PM 11/8/2001 -0800, you wrote: >On-topic relevance: Full computers with HTML renderers are one possible >renderer for ColdFusion developers, but the action is increasing towards >both high levels of complementary clientside interactivity, and portability >and access away from the desktop.
I had to reread that three times, but I do agree. :) >Hmm. But broadband isn't necessary to SWF at all. You'd want big pipes only >if you're sending big media down. Theoretically true, but the way most people implement Flash I do literally have a chance to go have a smoke while they load up when at home on a modem. Point in fact, I went to a flash site mentioned in this very thread and did that very thing. (Yes, I've started smoking again. No, it's not (entirely) related to Flash.) >Good vector design can be considerably smaller than good pixel design, >after all. Amen. How I wish SVG was part of the current DHTML spec. Most flash sites don't take enough advantage of this fact however. >You're also dealing with a single streamable file, rather than with a >variety of HTTP negotiations starting and stopping. I'm not currently up on how streamable swf internal contents are. If HTTP2.x would throw in some 2-way sat friendly sub-protocols (ie, multiple gets/posts, etc per connection) this wouldn't be as much of an issue with http. >If you send two megabytes of MP3-compressed audio, then it will for sure be >two megabytes of data regardless. But just as you don't have to put that in >an HTML page to go out and fetch, you don't have to put that within that >single streaming SWF file. > >Summary: Media costs are independent of delivery format. I think the bottom line of all of this is there are a lot of bad Flash designers out there that have jaded a lot of folks, including myself, to Flash. I could give you a long list of names of friends and relatives (non-technical folk) who curse at the sight of Flash (unless it involves Osma bin Lauden and Cruise Missiles). Now I don't believe that's the reaction Macromedia intended /-) but thats' just how it is, not because of the technology itself, but how's it's usually implemented. (If it means anything I did used to watch the Flash ads in gamespy before I registered it without too much agitation. Most of those are <60 or 70k however and produced by the military, hardware companies and/or Gamespy itself.) Anyway... --min ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
