You mean map24.com (which powers rac.co.uk). On 11/7/05, Mike Mountain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Correction > > www.rac.co.uk > > Best mapping tool going.... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike Mountain > > Sent: 07 November 2005 12:37 > > To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' > > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Ajax and Flash > > > > Success won't be down to just ease of development or > > features, it will depend on backing from early adopters. Most > > sites that you'd think would benefit form an RIA (banking, > > shopping, auctions etc.) are still using fairly old (read > > reliable) set ups. They are more IA's than RIA's - sure we're > > seeing a few mapping tools and webmail apps using flash, ajax > > and even java applets (www.rac.com - best mapping tool going) > > but most serious apps where people are spending money are > > done the old way. > > > > Watch Google, Amazon, Ebay, play.com and Yahoo (a macromedia > > partner so it's fairly easy to guess where they're going to go). > > > > It'll also depends on the backing of developers and designers > > - Flash is so ubiquitous now thanks to lots of designers > > thinking 'cool' and then tagging a really annoying intro to > > the front of a site (remember eye4u anyone?) - it got the > > player out there. > > > > Ajax won't go away, neither will Flash, as for Sparkle and > > Flex2? Who knows - they both sound so promising but that > > means nothing. > > > > M > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >
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