I like the IntroNetworks app...nice job on the directory. I especially like how you've enabled people to locate others with similar interests...
Thanks for letting me view the apps! Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 9:03 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Blackstone to provide built-in "Flash Remoting" type > capabilities? > > > Rick Faircloth wrote: > > > > I was just curious to see what people are actually putting to work > > in "real world" situations, not just the MM demos...I've > seen only a few > > working Flash RIA apps so far (all those coming from MM's gallery) > > and was wondering if people had deployed the design / programming > > approach in any apps that I could see working. > > Here in my department at Duke University, we use several > RIA's to power > web-based applications that were unfriendly and hard to mantain as > normal CFML/HTML applications. We've found the RIA's to > be much more > reliable, rather than having to worry about javascript, frames, > browser-compatibility, etc. IT's made my life as a programmer a lot > easier, and the users really like the interface. > > Also, our Alumni Affairs office is looking into using the > Intro Networks > application to enhance communication between alumni, both in > our online > directory and for smaller events like reunions and such. > It's a great > app, and does things that you simply couldn't do with a > web-based app. > See www.intronetworks.com > > My next project is to convert a report request form into > something more > friendly... I'm going to do it as a rich internet app in > Flash because > it'll give me a lot more control over input validation. > > I also built a flash-based membership directory for a > client, because > the wanted to publish their email addresses but wanted them > to be more > difficult to spider the email address... http://www.aaabor.com/directory.cfm (BTW the backend for that app is coldfusion 4.5.2! No web services, no <CFXML> tags or anything :) - Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184239 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54