Flash is so much in the mindset of clients & developers alike that as a
core set of technologies it's difficult to imagine it being called
anything else. But it did occur to me while I was writing and having to
use Flash & Flex within the same argument along with Actionscript, that
it becomes difficult to sustain Flash as meaning one thing when
discussing it in a broader context. I realised that I was having to
write Actionscript/Flash/Flex/etc each time I wanted to refer to Flash
as the development platform to be able to differentiate myself from
'Flash as IDE' or 'Flash as final application'.
Obviously no one is able to force the uptake of a non-commercial acronym
of any kind, especially with something so ubiquitous as Flash, but it
does perhaps highlight an interesting point that there is still some
debate about what 'Flash' stands for. If anything, it did start me
thinking about what Flash is not, which helped me understand what role
Tamarin plays in all this.
I don't know if there is a similar discussion elsewhere, but I've posted
the start of what i hope will be an interesting debate at
http://flashacronym.blogspot.com/. Feedback welcome.
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