C'mon! :-) you really cant be serious? you are trying to compare Flash to DHTML?! Flash is an infinitely superior in everyway !!!
I like Flash, dont get me wrong, but if all you are doing it linking to a DB for a static form or grid etc, then you may as well use HTML and no I am not anti Flash Remoting - far from it, I just dont see the business benefit (development time = cost) of using say Flash for things which could be developed in normal HTML. What I am driving at is this : there is no real 'Spectrum of Participants' (sorry Ray) of how to get a movie up and running. It is a complex combination of designers/aniimators and developers to get things working in any decent shape or form....has this been defined? I have seen some docs, but I have not read 100% into them as of yet so I am open for more pointers. N -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 30 September 2002 14:20 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Ben's J2EE Book, now new course to be offered by MACR Trivial? Have you used DHTML lately? (grin). There are many things that Flash can do that one could do in DHTML - however the fact that you have 99% less cross-platform headaches would make even simple stuff better in Flash I think. I think Flash has more bells and whistles than just animation. Certainly being able to tie in remoting to a flash app, even one that is a simple form, adds a level of sophistication that you can't get in DHTML. I know you can do server pings with DHTML, but this is normally done via IFRAME, layer hacks. I'm not a Flash guru, so I'll stop there. Maybe I'll never use Flash to it's full potential - but I can say I'd _much_ rather use Flash now that I've got a good handle on it. All the books I've seen in the past tried to make me learn the animation crap that I'll just never have a use for. The course focused on things that made me see that I really can use Flash in my apps - right now. P.S. Yes, I work for Macromedia (well, not for much longer), so I'm probably biased. I just want people here to know that I'm not just saying this because I work for the company. I really have gained a _much_ bigger appreciation for what Flash can do for me as a 'coder geek'. If anyone thinks its out of place for a MACR employee to tout Flash... well... sorry. ;) ======================================================================= Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Hire Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (REC) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 9:09 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Ben's J2EE Book, now new course to be offered by MACR > > > True, True, but maybe MM should have built or released an app > / tool just > for this purpose. It doesnt make sense to use an app like Flash for > something so trivial, when HTML would suffice. > > Surely thats the gain? If you use Flash you get all the > bells and whistles > which eludes HTML etc.... > > There is no logic in just using it for the sake of using it > (and because you > can!). If you are going to use it then use ir properly. Its > like buying CF > and only using it to output "Hello World!" on a page. > > N > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.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
