<I'm skeptical of abstract technology discussions, unattached to a real world need.> Amen, but you have to keep up with the abstract discussions in order to best deal with the real world problems. If you keep forcing new solutions out of the same mould, your probably not creating the best solutions. In many ways Flash and Ajax compete, but Flash can also be an integral part of Ajax. While Flash has many advantages, handling text rich content isn't one of them. If your developing something that needs asynchrony for some elements, but also includes a lot of text, you may have to mix things up. As you say it depends on the problem.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Dowdell Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 11:17 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Ajax and Flash Weldon MacDonald wrote: > Where does Flash fit in with the Ajax paradigm? A lot depends on what "the Ajax paradigm" might be.... ;-) I know that Flash and JavaScript have coexisted for about a decade now, and that both are necessary clientside technologies. Both will also improve and evolve, at their different rates of adoption and predictability. In such discussions I usually look for the particular job under consideration -- the tasks that must be done, the audience that must be engaged, the client who knows the message they're trying to convey. The technologies must serve these realworld needs to be useful, so I'm skeptical of abstract technology discussions, unattached to a realworld need. jd -- John Dowdell . Macromedia Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://www.macromedia.com/go/blog_jd Aggregator: http://www.macromedia.com/go/weblogs Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
