Joshua Miller wrote: > > ... with RIA applications you will inherently have a longer load time > because you're loading the entire application at once. With traditional > web applications you get page-by-page loads which is faster initially, > but overall I would imagine you sit and wait longer for traditional HTML > pages when all is said and done. > > Think about it - 35 seconds to load an HTML page is slow, but to load 50 > HTML pages it's pretty fast.
Downloading 50 pages is a bit over the top for most users. Downloading 3-4 at a time is about the maximum I do (the rest can load in other tabs in the background). And then 35 seconds is at the high end of fast. > That's what RIAs give you, the equivalent > of an entire application in one page load. Most users don't complain > about Microsoft Outlook taking 30 seconds to load, it's total lack of > accessibility features and it's generally sluggish behavior when doing > searches, etc. but when a web application doesn't load in 6 seconds and > the link to the second version of the site in HTML doesn't leap out and > grab your attention then everyone is up in arms. We're all accustomed to > looking at application splash screens while waiting for desktop > applications to load, why is it so outrageous for a web application to > do the same? Because with web pages, we right-click and open in new tabs. I rarely work with less than 3 different windows with 5 tabs each at the same time in a browser. Yet I rarely work with more as 1 email window + 1 compose window at the same time. > You have to realize, what Macromedia is doing is laying the groundwork > for a whole new way to create applications It is a way that I feel will be pretty successful. I just don't think that a _website_ like macromedia.com is an _application_ that is wel suited for this. In the current incarnation, I think the webforums are more suited for this as a website where the main interaction from the user is deciding where to go next. On the other hand, I believe that Macromedia could make a killer application by developing some webmail client in Flash. Just run that as an open webmail system with a CF backend connectiong to whichever server the visitor enters and I think it would be much easier to convince people of the power of Flash (and we might get a cfimap tag out of it). Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
