JAVA sucks in GUI design?? Interesting. I think the tools available allow for fast, creative GUIs.
Could just be because I like JAVA and use JAVA as much as CF. ----- Original Message ----- From: "stas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:05 PM Subject: RE: Jeremy Allaire interview on DevX > So you want to design your GUI in Flash with "movies" and "clips" and > re-invent every little widget? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > What I found extremely interesting was this sentence: > "Allaire says that the next-generation Flash player will be able to run > fully connected, intermittently connected, or as a standalone > application platform... " > > Does this mean that Flash will have the ability to run outside of the > browser in the future? It sure seems to me like that's what he said. > That is pretty cool if so, current application GUI design really really > sucks. Visual Studio.net and Delphi both suffer from the little gray > window syndrome and are not cross platform. Java just sucks all around > in GUI design. The ability to design a GUI in Flash would get me on the > Flash ship...maybe. > > Another very interesting thing... > "Finally, Allaire says the next-generation player "integrates rich > media" by displaying them in a single container rather than the multiple > separate applications commonly used today." > > Does rich media mean video? I include video in my definition of rich > media. If so, then either Macromedia is going out with a video player, > or Flash is going have the ability to integrate other media players, > like WMP. Hmmmm sounds very cool by itself, and what it may imply > depending on how they allow integration. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona 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
