I am not saying that HTML is the best solution here, but it has one thing that Flash does not: a built in layout manager system. It is not the one you are used to from Java and it is a major mess to figure out. But it is one thing that Flash lacks.
Unless you count Flex that is. I don't like Flex. Ktu skriver: > if i am not mistaken, jQuery is a framework that makes working with html > tags easier. but you are still stuck with using those tags. > > its not a matter of 'can you do it with this language', its a matter of > 'what control do i have'. i have always felt that as a developer, you have > less control over how html works, than how flash works. there are greater > and deeper black boxes in html. > > i just don't see why people like working in html at all. they took a markup > language, designed to be static and Frankenstein-ed it with javascript and > css to compensate where they should have attempted to create something new. > > > i don't think the future is bleak at all either. in fact, i think that > flash might end up being used more and more for tools, education, and > visualization. but that's what i am using it for and i am a bit out of > touch with what everyone else is doing. > > are there ways that i could effectively create my own 'tag' with its own > attributes and events and use that in lieu of a natvie html tag? > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
