You might consider the new AJAX Framework that Google has released:
<http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/17/127214>http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/17/127214
Google released a new <http://code.google.com/webtoolkit>AJAX
framework based on Java. From Google's mouth: "Google Web Toolkit
(GWT) is a Java software development framework that makes writing
AJAX applications like Google Maps and Gmail easy for developers who
don't speak browser quirks as a second language." This impressive
framework promises to make AJAX available to the masses and is one
more step towards Google becoming the de facto
<http://news.com.com/2102-1012_3-5877197.html?tag=st.util.print>Internet
platform provider.
I've been burned too many times with javascript not working cross-browser.
Code that I develop that works fine under Firefox has bugs that are
difficult to find (for me at least) under IE. I recently had a situation
where code that ran fine under IE6 just stopped working one day even though
I had made no changes to my code. I assume it was due to an automatic IE
update. To test my javascript code I have one machine running IE5.5, one
running IE6.0, one running IE7beta, and I wish I still had a Mac machine to
test on. With Flex I get a stable VM that's on 95% of browsers where I
don't have to worry about browser compatibility. I agree an open platform
would be better, but overall it seems like a reasonable trade-off. Also,
Flex apps can be made to look cooler due to the built-in graphics effects,
like fade - and one of the things I'd like to do is create some online
genealogy games someday. I'd consider OpenLaszlo (www.openlaszlo.org) if
enough people were interested.
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Bill Pringle
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