While I really liked Sean's description of MXML with the potential it may hold (and I subsequently read the article he referred to) I have to hitch a ride with Tim on this.....
> ....can do already in HTML (ok and maybe a bit of javascript). I agree. MM need better apps to sell these concepts. Admittedly, there are trying to get people involved in the Beta program but it is why I asked my question about "how sexy" the Flash applications will look. Because, if they just only look like a HTML form, then what value am I really getting if I have to learn a new schema (as Mike mentioned) if I can't really leverage that new knowledge across multiple platforms? As some on this list will know, I have continued to play "devils advocate" where Flash "Applications" are concerned. And I am still waiting to see that killer application that provides so many more benefits than a "web application" to sell me on the concept. Don't get me wrong. I am not critical of "Flash" as a technology, or of the development tools, or of ActionScript, of even of anything that people DO build with it. I am critical of one tool being marketted as the be-all-and-end-all of programming tools. I have seen some really nice things done in Flash. But nothing that I would call an "application" and nothing that really needed to be on the "internet" and nothing that provided any greater "richness" than what you could provide using DHTML/CSS. And I haven't seen any statistical information regarding the amount of time it took to build in Flash VS DHTML/CSS (by people highly proficient in both technologies). > MM got rightly criticised last year.... And it will probably happen again. While I think the technology is very kewl, it would need some serious "problem solving" examples to sell our organisation on a licence for a FLEX server (whatever it costs - because we just wouldn't invest the time to learn it, even if it was free, if it didn't solve some significant business problems). > .... But it's still not all that "rich" is it? "Rich" is a relative term. And I don't like it's use as a buzzword. You can have a "non fancy" user interface to a very "rich" application. "Rich" can mean "It does everything I want now and is capable of doing everything I want in the future". Or it may may "I get all these fancy looking gadgets to do some very simple tasks that don't really make anything easier but earn the programmers more money". It's so subjective. Gary Menzel Web Development Manager IT Operations Brisbane -+- ABN AMRO Morgans Limited Level 29, 123 Eagle Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 PH: 07 333 44 828 FX: 07 3834 0828 **************************************************************************** If this communication is not intended for you and you are not an authorised recipient of this email you are prohibited by law from dealing with or relying on the email or any file attachments. This prohibition includes reading, printing, copying, re-transmitting, disseminating, storing or in any other way dealing or acting in reliance on the information. If you have received this email in error, we request you contact ABN AMRO Morgans Limited immediately by returning the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and destroy the original. We will refund any reasonable costs associated with notifying ABN AMRO Morgans. This email is confidential and may contain privileged client information. ABN AMRO Morgans has taken reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy and integrity of all its communications, including electronic communications, but accepts no liability for materials transmitted. Materials may also be transmitted without the knowledge of ABN AMRO Morgans. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited its directors and employees do not accept liability for the results of any actions taken or not on the basis of the information in this report. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited and its associates hold or may hold securities in the companies/trusts mentioned herein. Any recommendation is made on the basis of our research of the investment and may not suit the specific requirements of clients. Assessments of suitability to an individual's portfolio can only be made after an examination of the particular client's investments, financial circumstances and requirements. **************************************************************************** --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004
