Let me clarify two things real quick: On Mar 24, 2008, at 1:40 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote:
> This is an argument for dropping the web browser as a development > platform. However, if Adobe ever were honest about that product path, > they'd probably lose 90% of the people who would even be interested > in using Flash/Flex. Why? Because the products would live outside the > massive deployment model of the web browser. Unfortunate as that is. With AIR you can use the browser as both a deployment and access point for the desktop client version of the product, if you are so inclined to do so as a user. It's confusing to most people what an AIR "app" is when they do this, however. The real issue is one of how people like to access their tools, applications and stuff on their computer, I think. With AIR apps, you kind of get the best all of the various methods from an end user point of view, which in my opinion actually winds up confusing the issue of what an RIA is rather than providing more clarity. > That's obviously a big issue. The thing I have yet to understand is > that if I'm working with that kind of engineering group, which I have > have done so many times in my past, why not just build a real desktop > client application and regain control of everything you need to gain > control of. Sure, *some* of the up front engineering may take a tad > longer than going the RIA route, but given the total and full amount > of control you'll get for that investment, I forgot to complete my thought... I meant to end it with: "you get a lot of control in return over the entire interface at every level." -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] c. +1 408 306 6422 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
