[Sigia-l] knowledge management

[Patrick Neeman]

I'll add a couple:
- The development time for applications is significantly higher for Flash than HTML, and forces developers up to a higher level,
even though most Flash developers can't develop at that level.
- No matter what Macromedia says, there are certain functions in flash interacting with javascript where it is not cross-platform,
cross-browser.

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> > This is one reason I've been so excited about Flash for awhile now.  HTML
> > pages can take forever to refresh, load, etc.  I've been wondering why
> > people don't create apps that are simply linked via a database port for
> > certain things things that just don't translate well in to a browser
> > environment.
>
> Many reasons:
>
> *   Flash was 99% bad
> *   Flash doesn't always play nice with HTML: bookmarkability, copying,
> universal access, etc., present varying degrees of problems
> *   Until recently Flash didn't have standardized UI components and even now
> they are non-native to the platforms Flash runs on
> *   Flash is yet another platform to learn
> *   While ubiquitous, it's still a plugin
> *   Flash is proprietary to Macromedia and Flash tools cost money
> *   Some of what Flash can do can also be done by nonproprietary tools
> *   Like HTML, Flash has various version with differing capabilities
> *   Like HTML, Flash performance varies on different platforms
> *   The vast majority of developers aren't used to the development IDE Flash
> had, but recognizing this MM will soon introduce Royale
> *   MM is also promoting Central for standalone Flash apps that work
> online/offline, but, in this space, there are many competitors that run
> natively, from Sherlock/Watson to iTunes on OS X, for example.
>
> Ziya
> Nullius in Verba
>
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