Flash… Once-spurned animation technology now a Web staple
A couple of days after writing my post about wanting to inform people about what Flash really is capable of, I read this article from Dan Richman and followed up with two things: this post and an email to Mr. Richman to let him know how much Flash has grown over the years. We exchanged a few emails in which Mr. Richman pointed out that I had not given any examples to back up my Flash RIA claims. I gathered up a few links and sent them over to him (I’ve included those links below). Well, much earlier this evening I got an email from Mr. Richman telling me to check out tomorrow’s story at seattlepi.com and that he hoped it addressed my concerns.
Since I’m still up working on things after midnight, I figured I’d go see if the article was up. Sure enough, it is live. Check it out when you get a chance. He’s got some nice quotes from Mike Downey in there.
“Flash is it. This is the future.”
So a big ‘ol fat thank you to Dan Richman at seattlepi.com for making a move to inform!!
Oh, almost forgot the links. Post some more Flash RIAs here if you know of some good ones.
imagevuex: much like flickr, but built with Flash
vyew: real-time collaboration platform
Pandora: Try searching for your favorite musical artist
Landscape irrigation scheduling calculator
osflash: not an RIA itself, but a place to collaborate with others on them
And finally, Macrodobe’s own list of RIA examples
March 2nd, 2006 at 11:22 am
yeah, i also had a few emails back and forth with him after that first article. He was really cool about it, I told him just go and check out whats going on in the flash world and see if his opinion changes. looks like it did.
March 2nd, 2006 at 9:08 pm
Oldie, but goodie:
gModeler
Real-time code sharing:
Code Share