Posted by SpaceGirl on 09/19/07 22:39

Onideus Mad Hatter wrote:
> On 19 Sep 2007 21:44:20 GMT, Neredbojias <monstersquasher@yahoo.com>
> wrote:

> Sorry kid, but the real future is a Flash front end with an XML
> backend that can be picked up by search engines and delivered to other
> sites via RSS and other XML dialects. That backend increases the
> access to the design far more efficiently than any HTML based form
> could ever dream of and using Flash as a front end allows you to
> create highly stylized, design rich environments that compliment and
> enhance the content delivery.

I'm glad you finally caught up with XML! I told you it was fab :)

Personally I do NOT think Flash is the answer to everything; while 99%
of my work is now Flash based, that's for very specific projects,
clients and markets. Flash would truly be "the future" if you could
successfully replace, say, google.com with it and not loose any
functionality. Sadly, Flash just isn't that sort of platform (yet!).

The future is not about any one technology; it's about the application
of complimentary technologies, a mix and match of what best addresses
your needs, whether that is Flash+XML/Flex or DHTML+AJAX or WFP+VBS...
it doesn't really matter.

>> Flash
>> definitely has its place, but Abode is typically and predictably
>> undermining that right on schedule.
>
> See, right there, you don't even know what the hell you're talking
> about. Adobe has made much of the Flash development environment free
> for the taking and are edging closer and closer to making it
> completely open, allowing any third party to easily create their own
> Flash content builders. As is the case with such programs like
> SwishMax.

Adobe are moving in the right direction with the opening up of the
development platforms (specifically Flex, which is just amazing), but a
lot more needs to be done. It's not *truly* open, and it's not truly
cross platform.

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