-----Original Message----- From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 4:34 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Does Macromedia have some current strong Flash agenda?
>> 1) You can build a full web application with it now via Flash Remoting. >> VERY easily I might add. >> >Easily as compared to what? Certainly not as compared to just HTML and CFML. Compared to Flash 5. >> 3) Server load, if you build an application with Flash, the amount of >> data that needs to be pushed back and forth between a client and server >> can be greatly reduced, which can mean MAJOR bandwidth/transfer cost >> reductions to your client. >> >Prove it. I know MM claimed this with their Pet Market application, but that doesn't mean >it holds true for all Flash applications. Etrade has a stock quote component on their home page. People would put the quote in, reload the whole page to get the data. They changed it to a Flash piece, only that changed. Saved around $400 million for them in bandwidth charges. >> 4) It's a "universal" component. People can view your application on >> windows, mac or the right phone without worrying about CSS and JS >> issues, etc... >> >Not quite. There are a number of platforms that support browsers that the Flash player is >not available for. Additionally, some platforms that are supported have limitations that >others do not. Well universal was quoted for a reason. But nothing is perfect. Any app will need tweaks, etc... -t ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
